Job summary
Due to expansion of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team, we have an exciting opportunity for a Haematology nurse to join the Myeloid CNS team. The successful post-holder will work alongside the Band 7 Myeloid CNS to care for patients with diagnoses such as AML, CML, APML, MDS and MPN. You will support patients from diagnosis through to discharge or end of life. You will see patients admitted to the Haematology wards and in outpatient clinics. The post-holder will need to be organised, compassionate, have excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy and associated toxicities.
You will be supported by the wider Haematology CNS team, Cancer Support Workers, Consultants, BMT Team, Haematology Lead Nurse and Haematology Matron. Ongoing education and learning will be encouraged through both academic routes and attendance at external conferences/study days. Applicants must have, or be willing to work towards, a health assessment qualification.
Main duties of the job
*Provide holistic care to all patients with a diagnosis of a Myeloid blood cancer / disorder
*Meet new patients at diagnosis and provide verbal and written information on the disease and treatment, and provide CNS contact details
*Ensure patients are booked for treatment or tests in a timely manner e.g. SACT treatment, bone marrow biopsy, blood tests, inpatient admissions
*Ensure patients understand treatment toxicities and know when to seek advice
*Undertake Holistic Needs Assessments to ensure patients have ongoing personalised support throughout and at end of treatment
*Support consultant led clinics ensuring patients have access to their CNS during or after clinic appointments to discuss any concerns or worries, and to provide further information if required
*Review patients on the inpatient wards and in the Centre for Clinical Haematology Day Unit to ensure ongoing CNS support
*Provide telephone support to patients
*Liaise with the Bone Marrow Transplant team for patients proceeding to transplant to ensure a smooth handover of care
*Provide education to nursing colleagues and AHPs
*Refer to other teams and agencies as appropriate e.g. psychology support, financial support
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
Desirable
- *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development in Haematology.
- *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, including SACT competence, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
- *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around cancer and can relate this to the role.
- *Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety processes -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
- *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of Haematology care.
- *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
- *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
- *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data
- *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
- *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to contribute to service development
- *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
- *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
Desirable
- *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development in Haematology.
- *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, including SACT competence, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
- *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around cancer and can relate this to the role.
- *Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety processes -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
- *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of Haematology care.
- *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
- *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
- *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data
- *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
- *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to contribute to service development
- *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
- *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
