NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Paediatric Nursing
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment for internal applicants)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 361-6827765-A
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children & Young People Sickle Cell who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will use your specialist knowledge, experience, and skills to support the development and coordination of the haemoglobinopathy service and meet the needs of children and young people.
You will manage and coordinate clinical follow-up programmes working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will act as a key worker for patients and facilitate the transition between child, young person, and adult services and will take a leading role in setting up nurse-led clinics in this area.
You will be expected and have experience with sickle cell disease and its management. This clinical responsibility requires an understanding of the potential medical and psychological needs of children and young people with haemoglobinopathy conditions.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To provide an accessible and robust service for all patients with Red Cell Disorders.
To support the ward and day-care staff with acutely unwell patients, liaising with the pain team, haematology, paediatric nursing, and medical team to ensure optimum care of the patient.
To manage the clinical caseload, providing highly specialist nursing input and continuity of care to patients with Red Cell Disorders, focussing on self-management, attendance, monitoring of their disease and treatment, as well as transition.
To ensure each patient is assessed, and their care planned, implemented, and evaluated in negotiation with the patient, carers, and other healthcare professionals accurately and ensure this is communicated and documented.
To provide expert nursing support and provide advice, education, counselling to support patients and families, either virtually, via telephone or face to face. Providing practical and emotional support to patients and families in a tailored and timely manner.
To meet with patients and their families as required to help resolve their concerns, providing written responses to formal complaints as required by the Divisional Manager.
To produce and update patient information and clinical guidelines for the service following trust guidelines.
To be involved in teaching and training of healthcare professionals and establishment of link nurses and to support the nurse haemoglobinopathy training programme.
Working for our organisation At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Person specification Qualifications
Registered Nurse with the NMC – RSCN/RN
Teaching/Assessment program
Good knowledge & experience regarding safeguarding CYP
Experience
Minimum 3 years’ relevant post-registration experience in the same specialty
Undertaking or willing to undertake master’s degree / post-graduation qualifications
Skills
Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
Practical experience in teaching patients & staff
Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
Skills in critical analysis and application of research to practice
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Elizabeth Franklin-Jones
Job title: Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality CYP
Email address: elizabeth.franklinjones@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07721856001
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Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment for internal applicants)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 361-6827765-A
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children & Young People Sickle Cell who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will use your specialist knowledge, experience, and skills to support the development and coordination of the haemoglobinopathy service and meet the needs of children and young people.
You will manage and coordinate clinical follow-up programmes working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will act as a key worker for patients and facilitate the transition between child, young person, and adult services and will take a leading role in setting up nurse-led clinics in this area.
You will be expected and have experience with sickle cell disease and its management. This clinical responsibility requires an understanding of the potential medical and psychological needs of children and young people with haemoglobinopathy conditions.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To provide an accessible and robust service for all patients with Red Cell Disorders.
To support the ward and day-care staff with acutely unwell patients, liaising with the pain team, haematology, paediatric nursing, and medical team to ensure optimum care of the patient.
To manage the clinical caseload, providing highly specialist nursing input and continuity of care to patients with Red Cell Disorders, focussing on self-management, attendance, monitoring of their disease and treatment, as well as transition.
To ensure each patient is assessed, and their care planned, implemented, and evaluated in negotiation with the patient, carers, and other healthcare professionals accurately and ensure this is communicated and documented.
To provide expert nursing support and provide advice, education, counselling to support patients and families, either virtually, via telephone or face to face. Providing practical and emotional support to patients and families in a tailored and timely manner.
To meet with patients and their families as required to help resolve their concerns, providing written responses to formal complaints as required by the Divisional Manager.
To produce and update patient information and clinical guidelines for the service following trust guidelines.
To be involved in teaching and training of healthcare professionals and establishment of link nurses and to support the nurse haemoglobinopathy training programme.
Working for our organisation At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Person specification Qualifications
Registered Nurse with the NMC – RSCN/RN
Teaching/Assessment program
Good knowledge & experience regarding safeguarding CYP
Experience
Minimum 3 years’ relevant post-registration experience in the same specialty
Undertaking or willing to undertake master’s degree / post-graduation qualifications
Skills
Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
Practical experience in teaching patients & staff
Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
Skills in critical analysis and application of research to practice
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Elizabeth Franklin-Jones
Job title: Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality CYP
Email address: elizabeth.franklinjones@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07721856001
#J-18808-Ljbffr
