Job responsibilities
We
are looking for a motivated and dynamic nurse to join the Leeds Regional
Adrenal Tumour Service. This is new
post to co-ordinate the comprehensive care for patients with benign and
malignant adrenal tumours.
The
Leeds Regional Adrenal Tumour Service is a high volume, GIRFT (Getting It
Right First Time) approved tertiary service that provides care across a wide
geographical population in Yorkshire.
This post is designed to help deliver high-quality care for patients
with complex and rare adrenal conditions.
Many adrenal tumours, even if benign, produce excess hormone causing
significant morbidities to patients.
The
post holder is expected to work between the endocrinology and endocrine
surgery teams, as well as in a multi-disciplinary team including radiologists,
pathologists, oncologists, and geneticists.
As
an adrenal tumour nurse specialist, you will:
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Coordinate and optimise the pre-operative and post-operative care of patients
undergoing adrenal surgery, including blood pressure optimisation, patient
education, support and follow-up across adrenal outpatient clinics, the
endocrinology day unit and the surgical ward.
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Be an integral part of the adrenal multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings,
where you will present and discuss cases, contribute to decision making,
communicate with patients and co-ordinate with other health professionals
after the MDT.
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Provide support and advice to patients with genetic adrenal syndromes and
adrenal cancers, including arranging genetic testing, and facilitating access
to clinical trials and novel therapies.
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Assess and evaluate patients with adrenal hormone hypersecretion problems,
such as Cushing's syndrome, phaeochromocytomas, and primary aldosteronism,
and initiate appropriate investigations and medications with support from
specialty consultants.
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Provide advice and emotional support to patients and families/carers as
appropriate, in both the out-patient and in-patient setting.
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Help to develop and maintain clinical protocols, guidelines, and pathways for
the adrenal tumour service, and participate in audit, research, and quality
improvement activities.
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Engage in continuous professional development and education, and act as a
resource and mentor for other nurses and health professionals in the field of
adrenal endocrinology.
The
post holder will be expected to work independently with appropriate support,
according to a plan agreed with the service heads, and to develop the role
once in post.
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.
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 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
5.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
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
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high
quality evidence based care
Commitment to working in a
multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the specialty area,
valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and
creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and
professional development and to the development of others
6. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE
TRUSTS
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts, a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best care for our patients.
