Nurse Specialist - Team Manager (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leeds seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist for a 12-month secondment to lead VTE prevention efforts. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, providing education, and managing a caseload. Candidates must be registered nurses with specialty qualifications and leadership experience. This position emphasizes high-quality, evidence-based care and the development of junior staff.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Willing to undergo training as necessary.
• Extended / Supplementary Prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care and treatments.
• Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model.
• Manage and lead a band 6 VTE nurse specialist.

Skills

Teaching and assessment skills

Organisational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Conflict management

Education

Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent experience

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment to cover the TrustVTE Prevention Clinical Nurse specialist role.

Thepurpose of the venous thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Clinical NurseSpecialist (CNS) role is to ensure high quality VTE prevention care isembedded throughout the organisation with the aim of reducing preventablepatient harm from hospital associated thrombosis. The role holder will be anintegral part of the multi-disciplinary thrombosis team and will takeresponsibility for leading on VTE prevention care, and ensuring adherence tothe NICE VTE guidance, to include; surveillance, analysis and improvement ofVTE risk assessment rates, hospital associated thrombosis cases, VTE staffeducation, VTE patient information and appropriate use of thromboprophylaxismeasures. Activity will involve data collection, analysis, presentation anddissemination, staff education activities, awareness initiatives and qualityimprovement work.

Asan integral part of the wider thrombosis nursing team, the post holder willparticipate in regular clinical activity in the nurse led anticoagulation andDVT services.

Expected ShortlistingDate +Planned InterviewDate: TBC

Main duties of the job

MainDuties and Responsibilities

ClinicalResponsibilities

To develop first hand understandingand familiarity of the VTE prevention clinical processes used across theTrust.

To develop expert knowledge aroundVTE prevention and thrombosis management.

To act as a resource person for theTrust around VTE prevention and thrombosis management.

To work autonomously as an expertpractitioner in the nurse led anticoagulation and thrombosis servicesproviding safe and effective patient centred care.

To attend MDT meetings, ensuringall patients are represented.

To participate in theidentification and development of clinical protocols and strategies toenhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuringequity of access to the service.

Leadership

To accept responsibility for VTEprevention leadership locally and take initiative to seek performancesurveillance and data collection to inform robust quality improvement work.

To use initiative and build strongworking relationships to positively influence VTE prevention practice acrossthe Trust.

To actively support clinical staffto provide high quality VTE prevention care.

To contribute positively to theleadership of nursing within the care group acting as an effective rolemodel.

To actively involve service usersin providing feedback of their experience of the current service andsuggestions for improvement.

About us

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

Accountable

Empowered

Allour 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 highquality, evidence-based care

Commitment to working in amulti-disciplinary team

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

Commitment to own development andthe development of junior staff

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

TheJobholder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload,including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementationand evaluation of programmes of care.The jobholder will provide highly specialised nursing advise specificto the patient group or speciality.

Thejob holder will contribute to the development of the speciality service aswell as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust.

Thejobholder will manage and lead a band 6 VTE nurse specialist and beresponsible for the effective use of resources within the clinical team.

. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OFRESPONSIBILITY

Actsin accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct

- Provide clinical leadership andacts as a role model to the specialist nursing team by delivering highquality care as an expert practitioner

- Undertake clinical procedures wheredexterity and accuracy are required

- Maintains a safe workingenvironment

Responsibilities for patient andclient care

- Assess, plan, implement andevaluates specialist care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledgeand clinical skills

- Plan specialist nursing serviceprovision organising and managing own specialist workload and that of thespecialist nursing team.

- Provides specialised advicecontributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.

Freedom to act

- Make clinical assessments andtreatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols

- Refer patients as appropriate toother members of the multi-disciplinary team

- Supervises and assesses theclinical care and outcomes of nurse specialists within own team.

Communication

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

- Ensures appropriate clinical recordkeeping within the specialist nursing team.

- Support patients and theirfamilies, communicating sensitive or highly sensitive information, ensuringthey receive required information to enable them to participate in their caredelivery

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

Education and Training

- Provides and facilitates trainingand education of learners and other junior staff within own speciality area.

- Provides specialist training andeducation at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreedwith Matron.

- Actively participate in thedevelopment of own personal development plan and performance review. Ensure all staff within team have appraisaland personal development plan in line with Trust policy.

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

- Provide education and training topatients and their carers.

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

Leadership and management

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

- Has responsibility for the linemanagement of the specialist nursing team including recruitment, performancemanagement and workforce planning

- Ensures that workload andperformance monitoring data for the team is collected, collated and utilisedto ensure the effective and efficient working of the team. Reviews thisinformation with Matron on a regular basis.

- Investigate and respond toaccidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Work with Matron to promote thedevelopment of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as consideredappropriate

- Work with Matron to lead thedevelopment of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directoratebusiness plans

- Responsibility for ensuringsetting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and thequality of patient care including those standards defined in the NationalBenchmarks for Essential Care

- Implements policies and proposeschange to practice for own specialist area.

- Contributes to the development ofspecialist protocols for specialist area.

- Proposes policy and service changeand contributes to the development of the same within and beyond ownspecialist area.

- Ensure the safe use and efficientmanagement of equipment and supplies and monitors their utilisation withinthe team.

- Deliver an effective qualityservice with budgetary constraints, monitors the delegated budget for thespecialist nursing team.

- Promote evidence-based practice,wherever possible

- Engage users and carers views onservice delivery and development.

Research and Audit

- Contribute to the researchagenda. Participate in clinical trialsas appropriate

- Undertake audit programmes specificto client group, treatments and developments as appropriate

- Participate in clinical trials asappropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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
• Extended / Supplementary Prescribing

Experience

• Experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within speciality
• Audit & Standard setting
• Plan specialist nursing provision, including education and training
• Managing Staff
• Experience of service development and or change management
• Current issues in healthcare
• Specialist knowledge relevant to the field of practice underpinned by theory and relevant practical 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

Skills & behaviours

• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Understanding of research-based practice research conscious
• Team player
• Conflict management
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times.
• Recruitment and Selection
• Excellent interpersonal skills, Innovator, Motivator
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Additional Requirements

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

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.