Overview
An exciting six month opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join the Clinical Haematology Team at Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring delivery of a high quality and compassionate service to a broad patient population including both cancer and non-malignant related diagnoses. We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated nurse with excellent organisation and communication skills. It would be desirable for the successful candidate to have significant knowledge and experience of haematological conditions. You would be joining a Haematology team that prides itself on delivering individualised compassionate care for patients and relatives and for its own team.
Responsibilities
* Provide highly specialist nursing advice underpinned by theory and experience to support patients and their families/carers.
* Plan, develop, improve and promote the service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.
* Act as an autonomous practitioner, independently planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care through holistic assessment, clinical examination skills, personalised care planning and independent onward referral and discharge to the primary care team.
* Provide patients and staff with highly developed specialist advice to manage complex symptoms.
* Develop and share expertise within the multidisciplinary team and act as a resource in the care of patients’ needs.
* Work closely with community and network, other hospital and community staff to ensure an effective seamless service.
* Deploy high level skills to provide effective communication systems of support for patients and to embed patient and public involvement within specialist nursing practice.
* Ensure patients and families are aware of all treatment options, including clinical trials.
* Transcribe radiology requests on ICE following successful completion of the IR(M)E training course.
* Act as a patient advocate to help negotiate the patient journey and ensure optimum care is provided to each patient.
* Maintain links with other health care agencies and organisations providing support and information to patients.
* Adhere to, and promote, infection control guidelines and procedures.
* Model excellence in communication and clinical skills to colleagues and junior staff.
* Deliver highly complex, sensitive condition‑related information to patients and relatives.
* Provide specialist support and advice in clinical areas, wards and outpatients to optimise quality improvement opportunities.
* Analyse and respond to challenging clinical situations using specialist knowledge to assess options and formulate solutions.
* Act as a change agent, using negotiation and training to facilitate the change process.
Specific requirements of the post
* Provide education and support for patients receiving oral and/or parenteral chemotherapy including consent for treatment.
* Use protocols, specialist knowledge and examination skills to assess patients in follow-up and pre-chemotherapy clinics.
* Authorisation of blood products following successful completion of National Blood Service training course.
* Provide telephone support for haematology cancer patients before, during and after chemotherapy treatment.
* Perform bone marrow biopsies following successful completion of programme of training.
* Undertake non-medical prescribing following successful completion of programme of training.
Education
* Lead on and participate in the planning and delivery of formal and informal specialist education programmes for patients, carers and all staff.
* Lead on and participate in education forums locally.
* Ensure that professional knowledge and practice is regularly updated.
* Take personal responsibility for lifelong learning and development through clinical supervision, appraisal and Knowledge and Skills Framework.
Research and Audit
* Collate and record quantitative and qualitative data that provides evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality through audit and research.
* Regularly lead on and participate in clinical audit and research.
* Promote a culture of evidence based practice.
* Be involved with health promotion.
Management and Leadership
* Lead on policy and service development within a multidisciplinary team context.
* Lead on the development and implementation of protocols for the specialist area of work and for the wider healthcare community served by North Bristol NHS Trust.
* Responsible for gathering, analysis and evaluation of patient and other feedback to inform ongoing improvement in patient experience in the specialist area.
* Provide professional leadership for band 6 specialist nurses and be a role model in relation to nursing in the specialist area.
* Coordinate and develop job plans to maximise team effectiveness and efficiency.
* Plan day-to-day organisational tasks for self and others and manage a highly complex caseload.
* Lead on responding to complaints and queries and be familiar with the Trust’s complaints procedure.
* Maintain accurate and concise records producing data for evaluation and development of the service.
* Coordinate information and data collection for annual reports and national peer review in collaboration with cancer services.
* Keep accurate and up-to-date patient records and ensure safe use, maintenance and storage of resources and equipment.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services. North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151. North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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