Clinical Nurse Specialist - OWLS Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Name: Michelle Kite Position: Matron Email: Michelle.kite1@nhs.net

As a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist you will undertake and be responsible for the clinical management and co-ordination of high quality, safe care for patients who are acutely unwell with a Haematology or Oncology condition. You will be responsible for triaging the patients, both over the phone and when they attend the unit for assessment. You will follow up patients who have been assessed by the team within 24 hours. You will liaise regularly with other agencies in health, social care and education and work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team. You will support training, education and staff/service development across the unit. This is a particularly exciting time, where you will help the management team to implement new ways of working across the wards and improve patient safety and experience. The OWLS service is a team of nurses who cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)