Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Nurse Specialist (XR06)

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a skilled Nurse to join our small Neuroendocrine Tumour [NET] Clinical Nurse Specialist team. This is a regional NET Specialist team supporting patients from across the Yorkshire region with Neuroendocrine tumours.

You will work as part of the team to provide advanced nursing expertise, caring for patients, carers, and their families to help them understand their diagnosis and treatment plan. This includes support at key points during their pathway from diagnosis, throughout and beyond treatment.

The treatment for NET patients is varied and so this represents a great opportunity to learn about a number of cancer treatments and the support required in hospital, outpatients and at home. NET patients with complex physical and emotional needs requiring skilled support and the provision of community support closer to their home.

Expected Shortlisting Date

04/10/2024

Planned Interview Date

11/10/2024

Main duties of the job

You will work with a team of health care professionals as part of the wider NET MDT including Medical and Surgical teams and liaise with these teams to enable quality individualised care for patients with a Neuroendocrine Tumour.

We assess each new patient using a Holistic Needs Assessment and support interventions accordingly. We provide research-based patient information and answer patients questions about this new diagnosis. We encourage a holistic approach utilising the Maggie's Centre and Clinical Psychology teams as well as other holistic support centres across Yorkshire. We work closely with Community Palliative Care teams from across Yorkshire. You will work with patients and their families in clinic, as inpatients, and support them by phone and dedicated NET CNS email.

The role includes:

Deputise for the Band 7 CNS

Contribute to service development

Support twice weekly MDT

Being a key worker and first point of call for specialist advice, education, and support for patients

Providing health education and self-management guidance to help prevent complications and acute admissions to hospital.

Supporting adherence to treatment

Nurse-led holistic clinics

Supporting NET inpatients

You will have the opportunity to work autonomously planning the care of a case load of patients but will be very well supported by a more experienced CNS.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals provides patients with access to some of the very best care in the country across a wide range of services. We are committed to providing the people of Leeds with accessible high-quality healthcare including emergency, surgical and medical care.

Non-Surgical Oncology is based in the Bexley Wing at St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds. The NET team is a highly specialised team who work hard to achieve the Leeds Way values: Patient-centred, Fair, Collaborative, Accountable and Empowered.

The successful candidate will be supported throughout their induction period, and ongoing with development of their skills and knowledge.

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

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9298-ONC-0412

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

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.2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

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 children 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 always safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. Is familiar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) safeguarding policies.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice, or wrongdoing 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.

Using 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.