Overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The Clinical Nurse Specialist will provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both the patients and their relatives; to assist in the development and maintenance of the Anticoagulant Service within East & North Herts NHS Trust. The post holder will provide a patient focused service to include assessment, treatment, education and follow-up services for this specific patient group; working with the anticoagulation medical and laboratory team and liaising with Primary Care. The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as an autonomous practitioner and will utilise advanced skills of assessment, interprets complex psychological, physiological, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. They will enable patient choice and involvement and initiates appropriate action. The post holder will plan specialised programmes of care and ensures each patient is placed in the correct treatment pathway. To review patients independently and initiates changes in management of care and ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the unit itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals. The post holder will provide specialist advice in the area of Anticoagulation to all health care staff through provision of evidence based advice, guidance and policies to improve the quality of care.
About East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
Hospitals
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum pro rata. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
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