Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Inflammatory Bowel Disease team at our Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical leadership for the IBD teams and supporting service excellence for patient care. The post holder will inspire a culture of compassionate care for our IBD patients. S/he will be accountable for the professional practice and development of IBD nursing and patient care. The post holder will have expert specialist knowledge and provide clinical advice and support for patients with IBD.
Main duties of the job
- Manage and lead the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) specialist service with responsibility for ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare. To Manage and lead a workforce of specialist nurses.
- Act as a Lead Specialist and demonstrate a high level of expertise within the IBD service, providing support, advice and education to patients and other health professionals.
- Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate, and contribute to the ongoing development of clinical practice, policies, protocols and guidelines with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence-based care.
- To provide visible, strong leadership, and act in any current Specialist roles as a clinical resource ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards to our patients. The post has a firm clinical footing with a 70/30 split between clinical and management responsibilities.
About us
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to youo 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);o NHS Pension Scheme:o Flexible working opportunities;o Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;o Career development and training;o Wellbeing support and activities;o In-house physiotherapy Service;o On-site canteens with subsidised meals;o Subsidised staff parking (currently free).o Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Service Management and Leadership
- Contribute to the strategic planning and implementation of IBD services within the locality, working in collaboration with the Divisional Consultants, Lead Clinicians, Operations Manager, and other key stakeholders.
- Lead and/or contribute to the introduction/implementation of workforce service redesign initiatives to improve services for patients, cares and families.
- Manage the financial budget ensuring cost effective use of resources.
- Line manage the IBD Specialty Nurse team taking responsibility for the recruitment, selection and induction of staff.
- Work collaboratively with the Operations Manager and senior nursing team to ensure achievement of key performance indicators.
- Ensure timely appraisal and development of staff with clear and measurable objectives.
- Manage and promote a culture that values all staff recognizing and acknowledging achievement and success whilst actively addressing poor performance.
- To attend the monthly Divisional Governance and Management meetings and feedback any relevant information and developments to the wider team.
- Responsible for the development and provision of patient pathways and guidelines in line with national standards.
- Responsible for development of specialty business case in partnership with the Operations Manager, Clinical Lead and Divisional Head of Nursing.
- Evaluate the service and manage complex, sensitive negotiations in order to deliver change and improvement in practice.
- After a period of time, and training you may participate in the Trust Senior Manager on Call Rota, and within the division work with the leadership team to enhance patient flow and capacity
Expert Nursing Practice
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care.
- Provide expert specialist clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals.
- Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.
- Develop the skills of generalist nurses, and other health professionals (including doctors) to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.
- Provide a high level of communication by: Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team and ensuring a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
- Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance. This includes highly complex information that needs to be conveyed in easily understood language.
- Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.
- In conjunction with the Lead Clinician and Operational Manager, ensure the implementation of the resulting action plans for continuous quality improvement.
- Maintain own knowledge, competence and skill level through regular clinical supervision, appraisal, personal development plans and appropriate training programmes.
- Provide clinical insight and expert oversight of patient pathways in the prevention/review of har
Education and Training
- Ensure the delivery of relevant specialist training for nursing and other health professionals.
- Act as the key specialist nurse resource for the Trust.
- Provide a specialist contribution to teaching, course development and curriculum planning with the senior clinical nurse for professional development.
- Provide clinical supervision a process by which the team are able to reflect on their professional practice in order to improve, identify training needs and develop knowledge and skills.
- Provide specialist accessible information and support to patients, carers and families
Research and Audit
- Lead research, audit or development work in specialist area.
- Regularly undertake literature reviews to ensure practice is based on best evidence.
- Support the implementation of research and audit findings.
- Evaluate change in practice and service delivery as a result of research and development activity.
- Disseminate research and development activity internally and externally
Speciality Specific
- To continue the established good working relationship with Gastroenterology, Hepatology, multidisciplinary and primary care teams.
- Working with the Clinical Lead, Matron and Operational Manager, assist in the preparation of CQC self-assessments against the national standards, and the GIRFT action plan.
Lead on the development of the IBD service patient/user involvement ensuring robust links are established with other appropriate local patient programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Service Management and Leadership
- Contribute to the strategic planning and implementation of IBD services within the locality, working in collaboration with the Divisional Consultants, Lead Clinicians, Operations Manager, and other key stakeholders.
- Lead and/or contribute to the introduction/implementation of workforce service redesign initiatives to improve services for patients, cares and families.
- Manage the financial budget ensuring cost effective use of resources.
- Line manage the IBD Specialty Nurse team taking responsibility for the recruitment, selection and induction of staff.
- Work collaboratively with the Operations Manager and senior nursing team to ensure achievement of key performance indicators.
- Ensure timely appraisal and development of staff with clear and measurable objectives.
- Manage and promote a culture that values all staff recognizing and acknowledging achievement and success whilst actively addressing poor performance.
- To attend the monthly Divisional Governance and Management meetings and feedback any relevant information and developments to the wider team.
- Responsible for the development and provision of patient pathways and guidelines in line with national standards.
- Responsible for development of specialty business case in partnership with the Operations Manager, Clinical Lead and Divisional Head of Nursing.
- Evaluate the service and manage complex, sensitive negotiations in order to deliver change and improvement in practice.
- After a period of time, and training you may participate in the Trust Senior Manager on Call Rota, and within the division work with the leadership team to enhance patient flow and capacity
Expert Nursing Practice
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care.
- Provide expert specialist clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals.
- Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.
- Develop the skills of generalist nurses, and other health professionals (including doctors) to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.
- Provide a high level of communication by: Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team and ensuring a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
- Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance. This includes highly complex information that needs to be conveyed in easily understood language.
- Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.
- In conjunction with the Lead Clinician and Operational Manager, ensure the implementation of the resulting action plans for continuous quality improvement.
- Maintain own knowledge, competence and skill level through regular clinical supervision, appraisal, personal development plans and appropriate training programmes.
- Provide clinical insight and expert oversight of patient pathways in the prevention/review of har
Education and Training
- Ensure the delivery of relevant specialist training for nursing and other health professionals.
- Act as the key specialist nurse resource for the Trust.
- Provide a specialist contribution to teaching, course development and curriculum planning with the senior clinical nurse for professional development.
- Provide clinical supervision a process by which the team are able to reflect on their professional practice in order to improve, identify training needs and develop knowledge and skills.
- Provide specialist accessible information and support to patients, carers and families
Research and Audit
- Lead research, audit or development work in specialist area.
- Regularly undertake literature reviews to ensure practice is based on best evidence.
- Support the implementation of research and audit findings.
- Evaluate change in practice and service delivery as a result of research and development activity.
- Disseminate research and development activity internally and externally
Speciality Specific
- To continue the established good working relationship with Gastroenterology, Hepatology, multidisciplinary and primary care teams.
- Working with the Clinical Lead, Matron and Operational Manager, assist in the preparation of CQC self-assessments against the national standards, and the GIRFT action plan.
Lead on the development of the IBD service patient/user involvement ensuring robust links are established with other appropriate local patient programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse educated to degree level or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in Gastroenterology, Hepatology or related experience
- Evidence of post registration professional development and portfolio of learning
- Teaching and Mentorship qualification
- Leadership/Management qualification/module (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
Desirable
- Master's degree
- Advanced Communication skills course
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience within IBD, Gastroenterology or Hepatology
Desirable
- Experience in project management
- Evidence of leading service change
- Manage a budget
- Manage and or leading a team
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and able to use a range of techniques to best effect.
- Recognised as an expert in the field of practice
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
- Ability to work autonomously as an independent practitioner
- Proven leadership and team leading skills
- Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development
- Ability to respond to change and apply themselves to Practice development
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Practical experience of policy development
- Audit or research experience
Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
- Reliable and supportive
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values: We put patients first We are actively respectful We seek to improve and develop We are caring and compassionate We work positively together
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work and working hours - happy to directly support front line service delivery, as required, in line with personal competences
- Ability to travel in locality and wider afield for business purposes
- Satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure with checks against barred lists
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse educated to degree level or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in Gastroenterology, Hepatology or related experience
- Evidence of post registration professional development and portfolio of learning
- Teaching and Mentorship qualification
- Leadership/Management qualification/module (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
Desirable
- Master's degree
- Advanced Communication skills course
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience within IBD, Gastroenterology or Hepatology
Desirable
- Experience in project management
- Evidence of leading service change
- Manage a budget
- Manage and or leading a team
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and able to use a range of techniques to best effect.
- Recognised as an expert in the field of practice
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
- Ability to work autonomously as an independent practitioner
- Proven leadership and team leading skills
- Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development
- Ability to respond to change and apply themselves to Practice development
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Practical experience of policy development
- Audit or research experience
Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
- Reliable and supportive
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values: We put patients first We are actively respectful We seek to improve and develop We are caring and compassionate We work positively together
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work and working hours - happy to directly support front line service delivery, as required, in line with personal competences
- Ability to travel in locality and wider afield for business purposes
- Satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure with checks against barred lists
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).
