Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is expanding its Rheumatology Nurse Specialist team. This role demands excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork, and independent management of complex patient cases. The ideal candidate is a Registered Nurse with a degree in nursing, extensive experience in Rheumatology, and strong teaching capabilities. Benefits include career development, flexible working options, and various staff recognition programs, making it a vibrant opportunity for professional growth.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with relevant experience in nursing specialty.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent experience required.
• Post registration study or qualification relevant to specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist nursing and management of patients in Rheumatology.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.
• Act as a professional role model in clinical care and teaching.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teaching and assessing

Patient management

Experience in Rheumatology

Education

Undergraduate degree in nursing

Masters in a related subject or working towards MSc

Non-medical prescriber course

Job description

We are expanding our team of Rheumatology Nurse Specialists at Imperial College Healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity to join a motivated team who deliver expert patient care across three hospital sites.

If you are hard-working, dynamic and forward-thinking individual and either possess an established knowledge of Rheumatology or you interested in Rheumatology and have transferable skills we would like to hear from you.

We seek nurses who possess excellent interpersonal skills, are enthusiastic, and work well as part of a team, as well as having the ability to work independently managing their own workload. The CNS will work in close collaboration with a team of nurses, doctors and the wider multi-disciplinary team to help deliver expert and high-quality care for our patient cohort.

We run inflammatory arthritis, biologic and disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug screening and education clinics. We are due to expand our early arthritis and osteoporosis specialist rheumatology nursing services. The CNS team participate in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings for biologic therapies and early arthritis. Alongside managing clinics, the CNS team offer patients an advice line service to support self -management of their condition out of the hospital setting.

We seek to recruit into two positions, one a substantive post and the other a 12month fixed term maternity leave cover. Band 6 nurses with relevant experience, secondment and job share will be considered for the posts.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist nursing and management of patients within the Rheumatology department, The post holder will work autonomously and in collaboration with the medical and wider multi-disciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
• To provide specialist nursing advice and procedures to support and facilitate exemplary, individualised care to patients and relatives and darers without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.
• The post-holder will provide high level specialist nursing care and support dealing with complex situations and when required will deputise for their line manager.
• The post holder will be flexible in provision of cover and will act as a professional role model in clinical care, teaching, training, research and audits in their specialist area.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

• Registered Nurse
• Undergraduate degree in nursing or related subject.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience.
• Post registration experience in a relevant speciality
• Masters in related subject or working towards MSc
• Non - medical prescriber or willing to undertake this course
• Post registration study/qualification relevant to specialty

Experience

• Significant post registration experience in specialty area.
• Experience managing patients relevant to specialist area.
• Proven teaching and assessing skills.
• Experience in Rheumatology specialty

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.