Skull Base Clinical Nurse | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

UHCW NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is recruiting a Skull Base Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will work with neurosurgical consultants and multidisciplinary teams to support skull base brain tumour patients from diagnosis to discharge, with pre-operative and post-discharge care and attendance at MDT meetings.

The role involves developing and maintaining a specialist nursing service, providing education to patients and families, and ensuring high-quality care across the

Responsibilities

• Establish a specialist Skull Base nursing service for care and ongoing management of patients with skull base tumours.
• Collaborate with Neurosurgical consultants and MDT to plan and deliver patient care.
• Support patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up, including pre-operative and post-discharge care.
• Provide education to patients and families and empower informed health choices.
• Maintain patient documentation in line with NMC requirements and contribute to clinical activity/data collection.

Job description

Skull Base Clinical Nurse | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

We are after a proactive, highly motivated person to become our new Skull Base Clinical Nurse specialist. You will work closely with Neurosurgical consultants who operate of skull base brain tumours ,nursing teams and the wider multidisciplinary to support this patient group from diagnosis to discharge. This will include surveillance, pre operative support, reduce length of stay in hospital and attend MDT meetings

Please see the attached job description to see if you have what it takes.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

To establish and provide a specialist nursing service for the care and on-going management of patients diagnosed with Skull Base tumours. You will participate in the provision of high-quality care from diagnosis, through treatment and during follow up. You will make informed decisions within your own area and scope of professional practice to ensure agreed standards and targets are met. The post holder will ensure collaborative working relationships, incorporating clinical practice, advice and guidance, and education.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.


• Point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and guidance, alongside symptom support and referred on where appropriate.


• Assess health and psychological needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, in partnership with patients/carers and colleagues.


• Work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and ensure patients are discussed at MDT as required.


• Ability to give telephone advice to patients, carers and other health care professionals.


• Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care. Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.


• Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.


• Use advanced communication skills to impart sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.


• Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.