ENT Clinical Nurse Practitioner Lead

Job responsibilities

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Alongside the whole Nurse Practitioner Team, to lead a specialist nursing service, maintaining and developing a high quality service

To take overall responsibility for the care of a caseload/list of patients requiring specialist nursing knowledge and care, particularly within the Emergency Pathway

Emergency Care Co-ordination:

Rapid review and support of ENT patients in assessment areas (Surgical Triage Unit and ED)

Generate and agree appropriate care pathway for patients in conjunction with the ENT on call team

Be a point of contact, and support co-ordination of the Surgery Division SDEC area

Be accessible and a point of contact for the ward teams for information, advice and support- to include provision of plans of care.

Ensure plans of care made on reviews of acute ENT patients are followed through- including ordering investigations and reviewing results whilst in the Emergency pathway

Once trained, carry out procedures such treating epistaxis, otitis externa, tonsillitis and any further agreed nurse-led procedures.

Ensure regular review of nurse-led packages, updating as necessary and providing quality assurance of their responsibilities within the pathway

Provision of training for band 6 ENT clinical nurse practitioners

Maintain managerial responsibility for the band 6 ENT clinical nurse practitioners

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered
• Nursing /or health related Degree
• Non-medical prescribing Qualification

Desirable

• Masters' Degree
• Formal leadership and management training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience, at Band 6
• Relevant experience clinical setting (e.g. ENT , Head and Neck setting)
• Leadership and management experience

Desirable

• ENT or relevant care experience
• Experience of setting up and developing a new service

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Evidence of teaching and assessment skills.
• Able to present relevant clinical information to a multi-professional audience.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Ability to interpret, analyse and act upon complex clinical and non-clinical information
• Able to independently assess and interpret signs and symptoms and to take appropriate action within the remit of professional practice
• Evidence of data collection, evaluation and analysis

Desirable

• Experience of writing audit / research reports for a multi - professional audience

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Able to organise and prioritise own workload, and provide clinical leadership to the health care team.
• Ability to lead and introduce change to improve the service to the patient.
• Knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues affecting management and treatment of patients with ENT/ Head and Neck patients.

Desirable

• Evidence of leading local projects
• Demonstrate effective resource management

Physical skills

Essential

• Up to date with all mandatory training
• competent in Manual handling

Desirable

• Flexible in working hours as required by the clinical area

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).