Viral Hepatitis/Liver Diseases CNS

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity to join the NHS as a Clinical Nurse Specialist focusing on viral hepatitis at Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare. The role involves delivering expert clinical care, supporting nursing and medical staff, and providing leadership while working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams. This vital role also emphasizes the importance of research and education to enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Post registration qualification or equivalent experience in specialty.
• Proven experience of working in specialty.
• Partnership/multi-professional working experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert and complex care advice within the Hepatology service.
• Undertake advanced clinical care and procedures commensurate within specialty.
• Act as the point of contact for the service, ensuring coordinated patient care.

Skills

Advanced nursing/midwifery skills

Advanced verbal communication

Interpersonal communication skills

Innovative thinking

Education

Degree

Independent non-medical prescribing qualification

Master's degree in relevant discipline or in process of studying

Teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

To provide a high quality service across Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust. Through line management of the clinical nurse specialists / specialist midwives and working in close collaboration with consultants and other clinical colleagues lead the development in the delivery and expansion of an expert nurse/midwifery-led service across the organisation. The post holder will contribute to advancing the body of knowledge through education, research and audit with the aim of improving access to treatment services. The post holder will have a key role in ensuring seamless, co-ordinated and timely approach to care for their patient group. The post holder will also provide leadership, management and a high level of clinical expertise in their specialism and contribute to the support, education and training for their team and other healthcare professionals. The post holder will have a clear understanding of the strategic political view and challenges faced by primary and secondary care through the STP in meeting recommendations for the development of the service and will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in the planning and development of a more integrated service for patients across primary and secondary care.

This post will include working and travelling to all hospital and community sites.

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Hepatology service specialising in viral hepatitis, providing expert and complex care advice, clinical care, education, advice and support for individuals and their carers through the development and provision of nurse led clinics, a designated telephone support line and the training of nursing and medical staff. Admitting and discharging patients from own caseload as appropriate.

• By working collaboratively within multi-professional teams, the Nurse Specialist will maintain effective communication systems especially with all other healthcare staff within the Trust responsible for the care of viral hepatitis, delivering timely and appropriate information in line with current best practice.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

To provide and undertake nurse led clinics that will deliver direct clinical care, monitoring efficacy and compliance of patients undergoing treatment.

To undertake advanced clinical care, interventions and procedures commensurate and as required within the specialty.

To provide expert evidence based advice to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals.

Employ effective decision making skills to address complex, distressing and sensitive issues and use effective change management skills to complement them.

Undertake comprehensive assessment of patient health needs.

Assess, monitor and evaluate disease activity and drug therapy of patients where necessary by initiating and interpreting clinical data, explaining treatment goals and managing side effects.

To act as the point of contact for the service.

To ensure optimum liaison and co-ordination of care for patients between primary, community and secondary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification
• Post registration qualification or equivalent experience in specialty
• Master's degree in relevant discipline or in process of studying to Masters level.
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

• Proven experience of working in the specialty.
• Senior clinical experience within speciality
• Partnership/multi-professional working.
• Managing staff.
• Developing and implementing service development initiatives.
• Demonstrate experience of change management.
• Experience of running nurse-led clinics.
• Developing and implementing educational programmes for patients and staff.
• Research and audit.
• Proven track record of staff development and team working.
• Service/professional presentations to a wide group.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced nursing/midwifery skills relevant to specialty.
• Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience of managing and leading a team.
• Working with and within a diverse community.
• Demonstrates innovative thinking.
• Understanding of the health and social care agenda and commissioning processes in the current political environment.
• Presentation and publishing experience.
• Finance and resource management.
• Knowledge base of research methodology

Personal Qualities

• Facilitative working style. Sensitivity to emotional situations
• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and to manage conflicting priorities.
• Able to cope with interruptions and adapting workload to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Flexible and able to work on any hospital site, or community sites.

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.