Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Clinical Nurse Specialist (XR06)

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Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date:

31/01/2025

Planned Interview Date:

14/02/2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, Childrens Nurse with experience in Epilepsy to join our team in the Childrens Epilepsy Nursing service.

You will be working with our dedicated paediatricians to support children and families from Leeds who are in our secondary epilepsy service. You will be a key person supporting care for children and young people with epilepsy from the point of diagnosis through the trajectory of their condition.

The role is very diverse and requires someone who is adaptable to a number of different fields of work including, teaching and training, clinic reviews, home / school visits, telephone advice / support and liaison with the wider MDT. We require a specialist nurse to have knowledge and skills in leadership and empowerment to be able to teach and support children, parents and the nursing team.

It is essential that the applicant has experience caring for children with epilepsy, is able to work autonomously as well as part of the MDT and is passionate about improving the lives of children with epilepsy.

Excellent organisational and communication skills are key elements for this position together with a genuine compassion and commitment to care for children who have epilepsy and their families.

Main duties of the job

The role involves caring for children and families and supporting them through their time in the secondary epilepsy service. The post holder will provide nursing expertise, undertaking assessment and provide education, information and support to patients and their parents, to other health professionals and schools. Liaising with the MDT both in the hospital and the community. The post holder will be involved in, clinical audit and service development.

About us

The post holder will work closely with both Childrens Neurology Consultants, Secondary Epilepsy Paediatricians, Neurosurgeons and Community paediatricians to provide responsive and supportive services for children who are in the secondary epilepsy service

Support will be provided by the team leader, which includes preceptorship period, regular 1:1 meetings, team meetings, and appraisal for the upcoming year.

Come & join our team in Leeds & become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision & values. Leeds Childrens hospital is rated as GOOD & the Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care & rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

13 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9298-CHI-0325

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.JOB DETAILS

Job Title:Clinical Nurse Specialist

Reports to: Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist

Accountable to: Matron

Band:6

Unit/Department: Childrens Epilepsy

CSU Directorate:Childrens

Location Clarendon Wing

AfC Job No:3476b

2.JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.

The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole service working. As a role model they will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staff groups, patients and families/carers.

3.ORGANISATIONAL CHART

4.PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Leadership

Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care.

Support staff to provide efficient, effective, safe and quality care to patients as an expert practitioner.

Deliver a positive patient experience.

Support in the delivery of an effective, evidence based, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope.

Provide support to the clinical teams to develop new ways of working.

Provide effective leadership in the development of staff at all levels.

Responsible for the day to day supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.

Motivate staff in the delivery of quality patient care.

Contribute to the recruitment and selection process.

Contribute to Nursing and Midwifery objectives and service improvement.

Supervise clinical delivery of care competencies.

Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available.

Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with team manager.

Under the direction of the Team Manager participates in or lead the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CSU and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals business plans.

Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.

Contribute to and implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate.

Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.

Clinical

Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, support and guidance.

Where appropriate to the services patient demographic, to developmentally appropriate, young person friendly healthcare to support young people; including support for transition, as they move from childrens into adult services between the ages 11-25 years.

Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care.

Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills.

Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols.

Organises own clinical workload.

Undertake duties on wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Supervise clinical staff to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards.

Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.

Act in accordance with the relevant professional code i.e. NMC,

Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.

Ensure and promote the maintenance of a safe, clean and secure working environment.

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) safeguarding policies.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.

Communication

Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the LTHT documentation.

Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.

Deliver complex information to patients and staff.

Liaise with external health providers and other agencies (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery.

Quality Improvement & Research

Improve the quality and safety of our services by being proactive in promoting and supporting the Leeds Improvement Method.

Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required.

Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.

Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.

Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area.

Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.

Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance.

Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.

Work closely with Research and Innovation to promote research , disseminate outcomes and findings to support evidence based practice.

Education and Training

Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff

Participate in own and others appraisals and in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.

Undertake role specific training and competencies.

Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty.

Collaborate with other members of the team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision of education and training is clear and robust.

Mentorship and supervision of junior staff.

Support staff to deliver evidence based practice and research activities to further enhance patient care.

Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales

This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments