Job summary
10 HammersmithBroadwayisa busySexual Health and HIV Service based in West London.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and empathetic Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our team who have a passion for the speciality. We are particularly interested in talking to Nurses who currently work in a Sexual Health setting or who have relevant experience within this field. 10 Hammersmith Broadway provides full sexual health care to over4000 patients per monthand therefore we are looking forprofessionals who aredriven, efficient and committed to providing excellent patient care.10 Hammersmith Broadwayis well respected and trusted by our patients and we are keen to work with Nurses who share our commitment to the care we provide.
This Senior post includesmanaging symptomatic patients autonomously and taking the role of Nurse in Charge in the clinical setting. We would expect the Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to also support junior members of staff where necessary acting as a role model to all members of the Multi-disciplinary Team.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member, and team leader.
- They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team, and coordinate and deliver high quality care.
- They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / management functions as delegated by the Clinic Manager.
- They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.
- In general settings, they will be the assigned deputy for their manager, generally known as a Junior Sister / Charge Nurse, coordinating clinical, managerial and education requirements of the area, and being a role model for team members, whilst delivering and overseeing high standards of care.
- In midwifery settings they will be called a Midwife.
- In specialist settings, they will have a significant level of specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in the clinical functions of care delivery.
- They will provide advice and guidance also, and generally be known as a senior staff nurse.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trustpolicies and objectives.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
- Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values.
- Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices.
- Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care.
- Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate
- Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate.
- Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives.
- Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience.
- Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives.
- Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values.
- Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention.
- Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues.
- Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others.
Leadership and Management
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
- Take continuing responsibility for the Ward / Department in absence of manager.
- Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate.
- Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust.
- Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas.
Education and Research
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trustpolicies and objectives.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
- Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values.
- Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices.
- Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care.
- Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate
- Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate.
- Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives.
- Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience.
- Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives.
- Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values.
- Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention.
- Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues.
- Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others.
Leadership and Management
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
- Take continuing responsibility for the Ward / Department in absence of manager.
- Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate.
- Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust.
- Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas.
Education and Research
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
Desirable
- Successfully completed: oHIV course oSexual health course oCounselling course oWorking towards a BSc/ MSc oRelevant specialist courses/training including a recognised Family Planning qualification
- Leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of clinical experience
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of excellence in leading all /part of a clinical team in practice
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc
- Experience of health promotion and education
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Awareness of HR issues
- Able to utilise evidence in practice
- To be competent in the independent STI management of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients or the management of patients living with HIV infection
- Experience of managing/coordinating team work
- Experience in issuing medicine using PGD's
Desirable
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Proven management experience
- Experience in gynaecology, HIV, counselling, research, working in outreach settings and other experience related to the speciality or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of practice development Participation in audit/research
- Management training
- Experience in working with young people under the age of 16
- Recent experience of providing contraceptive care
- LARC training / willingness to undertake
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery Current experience as either a sexual health (GU/FP)nurse alternatively current experience in a HIV inpatient or outpatient setting
- Venepuncture
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data
- Microscopy
- Cervical Cytology
- Cryotherapy
- Assessing Fraser Competence
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
- Commitment to quality initiatives and research
- Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of HIV and related issues Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Proven management, leadership and supervisory skills
- Human Resource management
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
Desirable
- Successfully completed: oHIV course oSexual health course oCounselling course oWorking towards a BSc/ MSc oRelevant specialist courses/training including a recognised Family Planning qualification
- Leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of clinical experience
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of excellence in leading all /part of a clinical team in practice
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc
- Experience of health promotion and education
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Awareness of HR issues
- Able to utilise evidence in practice
- To be competent in the independent STI management of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients or the management of patients living with HIV infection
- Experience of managing/coordinating team work
- Experience in issuing medicine using PGD's
Desirable
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Proven management experience
- Experience in gynaecology, HIV, counselling, research, working in outreach settings and other experience related to the speciality or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of practice development Participation in audit/research
- Management training
- Experience in working with young people under the age of 16
- Recent experience of providing contraceptive care
- LARC training / willingness to undertake
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery Current experience as either a sexual health (GU/FP)nurse alternatively current experience in a HIV inpatient or outpatient setting
- Venepuncture
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data
- Microscopy
- Cervical Cytology
- Cryotherapy
- Assessing Fraser Competence
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
- Commitment to quality initiatives and research
- Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of HIV and related issues Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Proven management, leadership and supervisory skills
- Human Resource management
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).