Clinical Nurse Specialist Anti Phosphoipid Syndrome

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their innovative Thrombosis team. This pivotal role involves managing a caseload of patients with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome, providing advanced nursing expertise, and leading educational initiatives across the region. With a commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the future of patient management in this specialty. If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within specialty.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of patients with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome.
• Provide advanced nursing expertise and contribute to service development.
• Lead education programs for primary and secondary care.

Skills

Advanced Nursing Skills

Clinical Assessment

Patient Management

Communication Skills

Teaching and Assessment Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Post registration qualification in specialty

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Tools

Patient Management Software

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals have been successful in achieving funding for a band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome (APS) from APS Support UK. We seek to employ a full time Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for a one-year secondment into this new role for our Trust.

This is the first role of this type in the region and the Thrombosis team are committed to supporting the development of a dedicated experienced and knowledgeable CNS to provide a point of contact for queries or concerns that arise outside the setting of the clinic consultation for our patients with APS. The successful applicant would be involved in redesigning current clinics which are currently set up to encompass all complex thrombosis as our cohort of patients living with APS are not presently prioritised effectively. The APS Nurse Specialist would, with initial supervision, run dedicated APS clinics.

The vision of this post it to work with the MDT to provide practical and emotional support, counselling, literature, and other resources to patients with APS, supporting them to come to terms and living with this complex and often multisystem potentially life-threatening condition. The successful candidate would lead a regional programme of education to both primary and secondary care in the role of appropriate testing for APS, supporting anticoagulation and management of complications.

Main duties of the job

Activity will be recorded, including number of consultant led clinic appointments attended/supported, number of inpatient visits, nurse led clinics held.

Offer telephone reviews for those with challenges to attend in person (success to be reflected by patient satisfaction survey, reduced did not attend rate)

Successful schedule of surveillance investigations e.g. Echocardiograms and Urinary PCRs (spreadsheet of competed investigations and frequency for each patient) and onwards referrals to cardiology or renal teams as appropriate.

Implementation of a patient survey of experience of both existing patients follow up and new patient diagnoses. This would include experience of patients opting for telephone consultations or outreach clinics.

Provide a non-urgent contact line Monday Friday 9am - 5pm for patients with APS and colleagues with APS related queries. Due to the part time nature of this proposed post (see later) we envisage that all messages left should be addressed by the next working day which will require cross cover arrangement with existing team members during periods of leave.

About us

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care

Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team

Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment

Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9298-ONC-0515

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description Job responsibilities

The Jobholder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the setting of standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The post holder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload of patients with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome. The post holder will carry out the assessment of patient needs, working with the Anticoagulation, Thrombosis and Haemostasis teams in the planning, implementation and evaluation of measures to support the patient.

The post holder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will also contribute to the development of the Anti-Phospholipid service in LTHT and wider, using resources cost effectively, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct

Clinical care delivery

- Provide a clinical lead and role model to other nursing staff by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner

- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.

- Maintain a safe working environment

Responsibilities for patient and client care

- Assesses, develops and implement specialist nursing care programmes and evaluate care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills

- Plan specialist nursing service provision organising and managing own workload.

- Provides specialised advice contributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.

Freedom to act

- Makes clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- When required exercises significant clinical discretion and judgement within broadly defined clinical parameters and policies.

Communication

- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation

- Support patients and their families communicating very sensitive, complex condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate on their care delivery

- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery

Education and Training

- Plans, provides and facilitates specialist training and education of learners and other junior staff within own speciality area

- Provides specialist training and education at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreed with Matron.

- Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.

- Participate in national, regional and local conferences as agreed with Matron..

- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty

Leadership and management

- Provide leadership to the clinical team working with Matron, develop new roles/ways of working

- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information for own practice and reviews this on a regular basis with Matron.

- Work with Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate

- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control ordering and utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.

- Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans

- Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care

- Promote evidence-based practice, wherever possible

- Propose, develop and implement policy, protocols and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty.

- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area.

- Proposes policy and service change and leads the development of the same within and beyond own specialist area.

- Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.

Research and Audit

- Contribute to the research agenda. Participate in clinical trials as appropriate

- Undertake nursing research and lead audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.

- Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.

Job description Job responsibilities

The Jobholder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the setting of standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The post holder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload of patients with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome. The post holder will carry out the assessment of patient needs, working with the Anticoagulation, Thrombosis and Haemostasis teams in the planning, implementation and evaluation of measures to support the patient.

The post holder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will also contribute to the development of the Anti-Phospholipid service in LTHT and wider, using resources cost effectively, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct

Clinical care delivery

- Provide a clinical lead and role model to other nursing staff by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner

- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.

- Maintain a safe working environment

Responsibilities for patient and client care

- Assesses, develops and implement specialist nursing care programmes and evaluate care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills

- Plan specialist nursing service provision organising and managing own workload.

- Provides specialised advice contributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.

Freedom to act

- Makes clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- When required exercises significant clinical discretion and judgement within broadly defined clinical parameters and policies.

Communication

- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation

- Support patients and their families communicating very sensitive, complex condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate on their care delivery

- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery

Education and Training

- Plans, provides and facilitates specialist training and education of learners and other junior staff within own speciality area

- Provides specialist training and education at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreed with Matron.

- Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.

- Participate in national, regional and local conferences as agreed with Matron..

- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty

Leadership and management

- Provide leadership to the clinical team working with Matron, develop new roles/ways of working

- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information for own practice and reviews this on a regular basis with Matron.

- Work with Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate

- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control ordering and utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.

- Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans

- Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care

- Promote evidence-based practice, wherever possible

- Propose, develop and implement policy, protocols and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty.

- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area.

- Proposes policy and service change and leads the development of the same within and beyond own specialist area.

- Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.

Research and Audit

- Contribute to the research agenda. Participate in clinical trials as appropriate

- Undertake nursing research and lead audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.

- Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within speciality
• Audit & Standard setting
• Managing Staff
• Current issues in healthcare
• Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
• Standards of professional practice
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
• Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate)
• Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
• Understanding of organisational structures

Desirable

• Service development and/or change management

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent experience.
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

• Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing

Other criteria Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• IT skills
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Skills & behaviours Essential

• Capable of lateral thinking
• Communication skills
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Change management skills
• Understanding of research-based practice research conscious
• Team player and a motivator
• Conflict management
• Managing stress
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Innovator
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within speciality
• Audit & Standard setting
• Managing Staff
• Current issues in healthcare
• Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
• Standards of professional practice
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
• Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate)
• Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
• Understanding of organisational structures

Desirable

• Service development and/or change management

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent experience.
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

• Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing

Other criteria Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• IT skills
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Skills & behaviours Essential

• Capable of lateral thinking
• Communication skills
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Change management skills
• Understanding of research-based practice research conscious
• Team player and a motivator
• Conflict management
• Managing stress
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Innovator
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)