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About
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Pleural Nurse Specialist
Closed for applications on: 2-Aug-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 2-Aug-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- The Glenfield Hospital
- Address
- Groby Rd
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE3 9QP
- Major / Minor Region
- Leicestershire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months initially with a view to potentially be extended to 2x years. Willing to consider secondments.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 N/A
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Respiratory Medicine
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
We have vacancies for two proactive, passionate and experienced nurses to join our expanding pleural service at Glenfield hospital. The successful candidates will work alongside the band 7 pleural specialist nurses as a key worker for patients with pleural diseases and act as a clinical expert and resource to patients, their carer’s as well as other health care professionals.
The specialist pleural service at Glenfield hospital is highly regarded locally and nationally with an excellent reputation. The band 6 pleural specialist nurse role will contribute to both inpatient and outpatient management and requires excellent communication skills, a clear interest in the service as well as a willingness to learn new skills and educate others. A background of respiratory or oncology nursing would be highly desirable however we also recognise that nurses from other specialities may have the appropriate skillset and be suitable candidates. We are also keen for applications from nurses who may have additional research experience.
You should be an effective role model, self-motivated with the passion, drive and adaptability to cope with the demands of this fast paced service.
Applicants are strongly recommended to arrange a site visit or discussion with relevant members of the senior nursing / medical team. Contact details are detailed below.
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JOB SUMMARY
· Participation in leading, managing and continuing to develop a specialist clinical pleural service.
· To act as the clinical expert and professional resource to patients and their carer’s with pleural diseases.
· Directly or indirectly influence all aspects of care and management of patients with pleural diseases in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
· Act as a role model and clinical resource demonstrating high standards of care with patients who have a pleural disease.
· Support the development of staff within own speciality as well as within the broader health care setting.
· Work with other specialist teams / Head of Nursing/ Deputy HON to ensure the development and delivery of a high quality service at all times.
· Deliver high quality, clinically effective care, and patient experience. Utilising research and in collaboration with colleagues in everyday practice.
· Support and contribute to changes within the service in response to national audits, bench marks, GIRFT, external reviews and national bodies.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. PATIENT CARE, CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
1.1 Manage a caseload of patients within the speciality in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
1.2 Work alongside the band 7 specialist nurses and medical team to provide individualised and personalised care. This will include assessing and accepting pleural referrals from the emergency department, clinical decisions unit and GP practice as well as UHL wards and community hospitals / hospice.
1.3 Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across the whole spectrum of the pleural service to include tending a pleural helpline for advice as well as the pleural mailbox for electronic referrals.
1.3 Adopt a range of the Chief Nursing Officer 10 key roles appropriate to client group in order to improve and streamline patient care and patient experience. Be actively involved in chest drain management on ward 29 and within UHL.
1.4 Demonstrate an in depth specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in the specialist area, ensuring the delivery of appropriate evidence based care. Assist the band 7 specialist nurses in becoming a key worker for patients and their carers in relation to pleural disease.
1.5 Support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving complex patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management. Attend and assist in coordination of the pleural triage meeting and liaise with other relevant MDT groups.
1.6 Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This will necessitate high levels of autonomy and advocacy and will involve pleural clinic, nurse led clinics, ward attenders and day case admissions.
2. PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND EXPERIENCE
2.1 Promote the philosophy of patient centred care and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family at all times. Act as a key worker for patient’s, their carer’s and families as well as other specialities.
2.2 Promote patient and public involvement. Enhance their experience by supporting and implementing new initiatives relating to patient centred care. Assist in obtaining electronic feedback for the team via easy to read patient satisfaction surveys.
2.3 Contribute to the CMG and service strategies for raising the profile of the pleural service via a variety of communication methods.
3. PROMOTE AND ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE TEAM WORKING AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Take responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers within the pleural speciality. Act as a resource and point of contact for community services for patients with IPC chest drains in place or patients who are under the care of the pleural service.
3.2 Establish and maintain good positive working relationships with the Heads of Nursing/Deputy HON, Matrons Sister / Charge Nurse and their teams, Education and Practice Development Lead, Matrons, relevant Clinicians, Service Managers and CMG Management team.
3.3 In collaboration with the Education and Practice Development Teams / Nurse Specialist Lead, develop and promote working partnerships between the Trust and academic staff at local Universities involved in the provision of nursing and multi professional programmes of education.
3.4 Actively participate in local, national and international networking to maintain and develop expert level of knowledge in the pleural and respiratory speciality.
3.5 Ensure that the importance and implications of education, research, and ideas are raised in appropriate forums. Collaborate with relevant research personnel when undertaken related pleural research.
3.6 Establish a good level of team working within MDT, maintaining communications across specialities.
4. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT
4.1 Provide specialist education and training to all members of the clinical team and nursing staff within the CMG in collaboration with the Education and Practice Development Lead teams. This will include training in chest drain management and pleural devices. Assist in assessing nursing staff in chest drain management and relevant competencies.
4.2 Actively participate in life- long learning and personal development through appraisal, development plans and revalidation.
4.3 Promote and implement patient focused education and up to date information giving to include IPC counselling and signposting to resources both printed and electronic.
4.4 Work with the Band 7 Pleural Specialist Nurses / Education and Practice Development Lead to ensure that specialist education and training meets the needs of the service, multi-professional clinical teams, patients and carers.
4.5 Demonstrate continuous evaluation of practice and make changes where appropriate, within the pleural speciality.
4.6 Use Education forums and Networks proactively sharing good practice and innovation with others.
4.7 Liaise with other groups and assist with the delivery of multi-professional and inter-professional learning.
4.8 Provide specialist education teaching, learning and mentoring for pre and post registration students when required and actively contribute to the delivery of the Universities curriculum.
5. CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, AUDIT AND RESEARCH
5.1 Contribute to policy making and clinical guidelines internally and externally, necessary to support the pleural service.
5.2 Actively participate in pleural audit and research benchmarking activities to ensure effective safe and evidence based practice.
5.3 Provide and promote clinical excellence that reflects the Trust’s Clinical Governance Strategies to include meeting Becoming the Best.
5.5 Promote the speciality by publishing and presenting innovations and research findings locally and nationally.
5.6 Actively promote the specialist service throughout the Trust by establishing robust networks and links with Quality and Safety and Audit teams.
5.7 Act on relevant pleural audit and research findings to inform and change practice as appropriate.
6. RISK MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY
6.1 Use specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in order to provide a high standard of patient care and maintain patient safety.
6.2 Actively promote infection prevention and control awareness using best practice to reduce the potential for cross infection.
6.3 Use programmes of effective and relevant education to promote staff compliance with policies, practices and patient safety.
6.4 Deliver new ways of working practice that benefits patient safety and the patient user experience.
6.5 As a clinical expert provide advice and support to assist with the management of complaints relating to the pleural speciality and implement action plans or change of practices.
6.6 Maintain adequate pleural equipment stock control levels in order to provide safe and effective patient care.
7. PROMOTE EFFECTIVE CLINICAL LEADERSHIP
7.1 A visible, accessible and assertive clinical expert to which staff and users can turn to for assistance, expert advice and support.
7.2 Provide a high level of professional leadership in the development, management and promotion of the pleural service. Foster links and share best practice with other pleural centres.
7.3 Actively contribute to operational developments relating to the pleural service, so that a high quality patient focused service is promoted at all times.
8. SPECIALITY SPECIFIC
Core clinical skills
8.1 Competency in aseptic non touch technique
8.2 Able to interpret blood results to ensure safe pleural procedures
8.3 Able to complete pre procedure safety checklist
8.4 Able to assess respiratory status of patients with pleural disease to support appropriate triage for intervention/ further clinical review.
8.5 Assist the primary operator in pleural procedures
8.6 Ability to recognise and initiate management of symptomatic breathlessness and signpost to appropriate palliative care services
8.7 Assessment of performance status and clinical frailty score
Core clinical skills: working towards
8.8 Thoracic ultrasound level 1 operator
8.9 Ability to independently perform :
Talc slurry via an intercostal chest drain or IPC
Drainage of an IPC including taking a diagnostic sample
Administration of fibrinolytic therapy
Intercostal chest drain and IPC flush with normal saline
Intercostal chest drain removal
Pleural vent removal
Attachment of a Heimlich valve/ bag to an intercostal chest drain / IPC (for outpatient management)
Thoracentesis diagnostic and therapeutic
Knowledge and training /experience
8.10 Contribute to inpatient care following pleural procedures.
8.11 Able to give safety netting advice to ambulatory pneumothorax patients
8.12 Attend board round on ward 29 GGH and contribute to the management plan / decision making for pleural patients.
8.13 Ensure patients are safely and adequately prepared for medical thoracoscopy.
8.14 Undertake GCP training and contribute to relevant pleural research.
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse for a minimum of 3 years.
- Evidence of post-registration educational continuing development
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-Registration experience to include practice in a relevant speciality.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with patients with pleural disease
- Participation in Research/Audit
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for pleural speciality
- Leadership & motivation skills
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Personal and professional maturity Recognition of own limitations
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
- Ability to supervise and demonstrate potential to lead
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Johnstone
- Job title
- Lead Specialist Pleural Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0116 258 3975
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Paget house, 2 West street
- Leicester
- Please select region, state or province
- LE1 6XP
- Telephone
- 0116 502 7298
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