Rheumatology Nurse
Closed for applications on: 25-Apr-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 25-Apr-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Clifton Hospital
- Address
- Pershore Road
- Town
- Lytham St Annes
- Postcode
- FY81PB
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Rheumatology Nurse
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
As part of the clinical team, under the leadership of senior nurse specialists, you will be assisting in the delivery and administration of rheumatology and osteoporosis drug therapies in our busy and diverse outpatient clinics.
In addition, you will be performing some administrative duties as required, facilitating the smooth running of the biologic service.
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- To provide effective, evidence based general and specialised care for patients on the Rheumatology unit under the indirect or remote supervision of registered practitioners.
- To take charge of the busy Rheumatology daycase unit and work as part of the team or autonomously in outpatient clinics.
- To assist in the general running of the Biologic clinics alongside the biologics nurse.
- Administer, provide nursing care and monitor patients during drug infusions and to manage and report any adverse effects.
- To plan, organise and deliver clinical care as agreed with the supervising practitioner, in line with clinical governance and within agreed professional standards, guidelines and following local policies, protocols and procedures.
- Assist at times in organising and ordering community and outpatient biologic prescriptions with biologic drug providers and Trust pharmacy.
- To use personal efficiency and knowledge to contribute to the development and delivery of a quality service.
- To ensure a high standard of care for all patients by effective communication with patients, carers, and the wider health care team.
- To participate in clinical supervision and training, this may include supervision and teaching of junior staff as part of the staff nurse role.
- To work proactively as a member of the multi-disciplinary and multi professional health care team, with support of registered practitioners.
- To be flexible as the post holder may work in different clinical areas across the trust.
Working for our organisation
The Trust serves a population of approximately 440,000 residents across Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre, Lancashire and South Cumbria and the North of England. It comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital and two smaller community hospitals – Clifton Hospital and Fleetwood Hospital and the National Artificial Eye Service. The Trust is also responsible for the provision of Community services such as District Nursing and Midwifery to a large geographical area, extending from Lytham St Annes in the South to Morecambe and Carnforth in the North. The Trust provides Tertiary haematology services for Lancashire and South Cumbria and is the site of the Lancashire Cardiac Centre which provides comprehensive cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical services for the adult population of Lancashire and South Cumbria (around 1.6 million people).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide effective, evidence based general and specialised care for patients on the Rheumatology unit under the indirect or remote supervision of registered practitioners.
- To take charge of the busy Rheumatology daycase unit and work as part of the team or autonomously in outpatient clinics.
- To assist in the general running of the Biologic clinics alongside the biologics nurse.
- Administer, provide nursing care and monitor patients during drug infusions and to manage and report any adverse effects.
- To plan, organise and deliver clinical care as agreed with the supervising practitioner, in line with clinical governance and within agreed professional standards, guidelines and following local policies, protocols and procedures.
- Assist at times in organising and ordering community and outpatient biologic prescriptions with biologic drug providers and Trust pharmacy.
- To use personal efficiency and knowledge to contribute to the development and delivery of a quality service.
- To ensure a high standard of care for all patients by effective communication with patients, carers, and the wider health care team.
- To participate in clinical supervision and training, this may include supervision and teaching of junior staff as part of the staff nurse role.
- To work proactively as a member of the multi-disciplinary and multi professional health care team, with support of registered practitioners.
- Undertake a range of procedures relevant to clinical sphere of responsibility. These may include (but are not wholly inclusive of) venepuncture, cannulation.
- To be flexible as the post holder may work in different clinical areas across the trust.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Working towards a degree Teaching & assessing qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Evidence of Good I.T. skills
- Up to date mandatory training record
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ability to work effectively in a small nursing team.
- Rheumatology experience
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Team Player
- Leadership qualities
- Good management of time
- Effective communication skills at all levels.
- Ability to establish priorities.
- Assertiveness
- Decision maker
- Problem solver
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of contribution to developing pathways.
- Evidence of contribution to developing patient information
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Veevers
- Job title
- Lead Rheumatology Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0125353861
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