Endocrine Associate Specialist Nurse

NHS Jobs; Chelsea (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Massachusetts seeks an experienced healthcare leader to advance clinical practice, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and oversee patient care pathways across services. The role emphasizes risk assessment, patient advocacy, referrals, and ensuring high-quality care in a fast-paced environment.

The post requires developing and auditing care processes, guiding colleagues, and leveraging information systems to improve decision making.

Responsibilities

• Clinical / direct care practice: receive referrals within the specialty from the health care team and respond to requests for expert advice and guidance; conduct holistic assessment; supervise colleagues in history taking, examination, testing, and interpretation.
• Leadership and Collaborative Practice: provide advice and support to own and other professions; collaborate with patients and families to improve practice; develop networks across boundaries; contribute to delivering the wider Trust agenda.
• Improving Quality and Developing Practice: develop methods to evaluate practice; maintain records; use information systems to support decision making; stay informed on epidemiology and evidence-based practice; drive change and audit outcomes

Job description

Roles and responsibilities

• 1. Clinical / direct care practice1.1. To receive referrals within the specialty from the health care team and respond to requests for expert advice and guidance.1.2. To work within an agreed job plan to meet service needs which should be reviewed annually1.3. To conduct holistic assessment and providing supervision & guidance to colleagues in skilled history taking, physical examination, observation and ordering, conducting and interpreting relevant tests and investigations1.4. To work in collaboration with the multi professional team, contributing expert, evidence based knowledge and skills to relevant aspects of the patients care and treatment.1.5. To maintain boundaries of own practice within agreed guidelines and protocols, use professional judgment in managing complex and unpredictable situations and seek guidance from other relevant experts1.6. To address patients risk factors and health promotion needs through comprehensive assessment of individuals for risk factors and early signs of illness.1.7. To builds an environment of trust and rapport, enabling patent empowerment in their healthcare and acting as an advocate for the patient in treatment decisions and choices1.8. To draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources to ensure that patients receive appropriate services, making referrals to other professions and services as appropriate1.9. To use effective communication and interpersonal skills to provide information, explanation and reassurance to patients and families.1.10. To plan and conduct appropriate follow up, closure or transition of care for the patient1.11. To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of patients assessment, care and treatment

• 2. Leadership and Collaborative Practice2.1 To provide advice, guidance and support to own and other professions to enable best practice in care and treatment within area of expertise2.2. To work collaboratively with colleagues, patients and families to seek their views and to develop and improve practice and the service2.3. To continually evaluate and develop own role and competencies to meet the evolving needs of patients and the service2.4. To develop networks and collaborative working across professional and organizational boundaries to develop, integrate and coordinate care2.5. To support and contribute to delivering the wider Trust agenda as directed by the Chief Nurse and the Trust Senior Nursing and Midwifery Council2.6 To participate and contribute to National objectives

• 3. Improving Quality and Developing Practice3.1 To develop valid and reliable methods to continually evaluate and audit own practice and service outcomes, identifying, interpreting and acting on audit outcomes3.2. To maintain records of activity including clinical coding, maintain appropriate documentation and participate in audit of documentation, clinical activity and outcomes3.3. To use and develop information systems to support decision making and improve care3.4. To maintain knowledge of contemporary epidemiological, demographic, social, political and professional factors relevant to the specialist area of practice.3.5. To use a reflective and questioning approach to practice, identifying potential opportunities for clinical or service changes3.6 To maintain awareness and application of relevant research and evidence based practice relating to area of clinical expertise and profession practice3.7 To identify and responds to gaps in evidence and/or practice knowledge, and to contribute/lead in research / audit/ practice development.3.8 To enable the sharing of new knowledge and developments with others3.9 To facilitate and enable change at individual and team levels to improve practice and health outcomes, monitoring and evaluating the impact of resultant changes in practice.3.10. To continually assess, monitor and act on risks in own and others practice through risk assessment3.11. To ensure the appropriate and effective use of resources to ensure both cost effectiveness and quality.3.12. To participate in business and service development including activity and income generation