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A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Rheumatology team at QEQM to cover for 6- 12 months maternity leave, commencing December 2024.
For this post we require your enthusiasm, motivation and passion to help deliver a patient focused service, to contribute to the visions and values of our specialty and the Trust.
The band 6 post will include a training package and we would welcome applicants who have a minimum of 3 years experience preferably in chronic or auto immune disease, with a background of excellent one to one communication with patients.
Thank you for your interest in this post, candidates are encouraged to arrange an informal visit or telephone for any questions that they may have relating to this post.

· Working autonomously whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assessing and managing a caseload of patients within the Rheumatology department. Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.

· To review patients routinely, assessing disease activity, reviewing medication management, monitoring test results and administration of treatments.

· Education, counselling and support of patients, carers, relatives.

· To act as a role model of expert clinical practice.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

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Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024