Role: Haematology Nurse Specialist- Digital Patient Support & Adherence Programmes
Location: Hybrid (Canary Wharf, London)
Start Date: ASAP
Apply promptly! A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.
About Us
Our vision for health, care and research is simple.
Sanius Health is an AI-powered patient-generated data platform with a focus on accelerating personalised medicine, drug discovery and clinical research for cancer treatment, haematological malignancies, haematological disorders, and rare diseases. We are the largest Sickle Cell Disease Integrated patient ecosystem and are expanding in many other haematological conditions including Myeloprolfierative Neoplasms, Waldenostroms Macroglobulinaema, Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, Myeloma, and more.
We partner with passionate patients, treatment centres, researchers, developers of therapeutics and regulators in advancing outcomes for patients through our health data platform. We trust each other to get the job done, so you’ll have a lot of autonomy here while also being part of a supportive close-knit team! We’re a diverse team with a huge variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences, so you can be sure you’ll feel welcome from day one.
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Job Summary:
This is an exciting new role, created to support and develop the Sanius Health Myeloma Digital Support & Adherence Programme, enabling patients and their caregivers to optimally manage their condition to improve outcomes.
The postholder will play a key role in supporting the remote monitoring of patients with multiple myeloma within the UK. The Programme delivers a patient-facing symptom and adherence tracking digital solution, alongside coaching support and biometric monitoring, empowering patients, family members, and carers to optimally manage the symptom burden and provide individualised patient support to access information and services.
The postholder will have the opportunity to support additional programmes in the Sanius Health portfolio, contributing to improved pathways of care and real world evidence generation.
The postholder will be required to work autonomously and exercise a very high level of clinical expertise. She/he must also possess expertise in the assessment of patients, with excellent communication skills to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
Key Responsibilities:
- To monitor biometrics via the Sanius Health Platform, escalating out of range parameters in accordance with clinically validated protocols.
- To provide advice and support to myeloma patients on the programme, referring to healthcare colleagues in secondary care where appropriate, in accordance with shared care protocols.
- To provide expert knowledge and advice in own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice.
- Communicating effectively, networking and liaising to ensure high quality responsive, safe, efficient, and compassionate service.
- To work autonomously and seek collaborative relationships with others across and within professional boundaries.
- To ensure that the service complies with the national standards for safety, quality, and ensure the service complies with the key performance indicators.
- Develop and sustain relationships with patients, carers, members of the Sanius Patient Support team, across care settings and traditional boundaries in order to maintain effective communication and exchange of information.
- Support clinical governance ensuring this is enacted in practice.
- Support in the development of protocols/documentation for the assessment, monitoring and managements of patients with myeloma to ensure evidence based care is delivered.
- Implement policy and care pathways/journeys with the team to improve the patient’s experience of health care.
Clinical responsibilities
- Remote biometric monitoring of key vitals in specific subgroups of myeloma patients; acting on out of range parameters according to clinically validated protocols.
- Proactively managing high risk patients with complex needs, through clinical assessment, needs identification, planning, and reviewing action taken.
- Co-ordination of care by direct referral to specialist services including acute oncology services.
- Ensuring effective communication and sharing of appropriate information amongst professionals and the Sanius Patient Support Team.
- Responsibility for action taken and advice given.
- Ensuring the required documentation is completed.
Information provided/action may be on the following:
- Management of myeloma treatment issues such as adverse effects
- Support on the digital patient wallet in liaison with the Sanius Patient Support Team
- Referral back to secondary care and potential admission to hospital for medical assessment of adverse effects.
- Referral onto another member of the patient’s healthcare team
Education, Training and Development
- Recognise own training needs and those of others, keep up to date with mandatory training, and ensure meeting CPD requirements in accordance with RCN regulations.
- Educate patients and their families to empower them and enable the development of effective coping strategies.
- Support the educational needs of the Sanius Patient Support Team.
- Practice and Service Development
- Implements policies, protocols and guidelines to ensure safe, equitable and consistent evidence based care.
- Keep abreast of national and other guidelines and recommendations related to multiple myeloma.
- Implement change as agreed to improve the service
Research and Audit
- Support audit and research outcome measures relevant to the role, carry out audits, report the results to relevant individuals and support the development of action plans to implement relevant changes.
Qualification, Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experienced within hospital setting, with current NMC registration.
- 1-2 years experience in myeloma or another field of haematology or oncology
- A working knowledge of systemic anticancer therapy (SACT): either a formal Oncology/Haematology qualification, SACT passport or previous inhouse Oncology/ Haematology training.
- Ability to demonstrate professional and clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with the post
- Experience of delivering education to patients and healthcare professionals
- Portfolio which provides evidence of experience in cross discipline and cross boundary working
- High professional standards
- Ability to work with all members of a multi-professional team
- Evidence of innovation or awareness of
- Excellent communication skills and IT literacy across a range of software.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of involvement in innovations and the introduction of new practices in Myeloma or another field of haematology/ oncology.
- Clinical trials experience in Myeloma
How to Apply:
To apply, submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your qualifications and your motivation for joining our team to careers@saniushealth.com.