MS Specialist Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

1. Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, and referring as appropriate to optimize health outcomes and resource use, providing direct support to patients and clients.

2. Use professional judgement in managing complete and unpredictable care events.

3. Draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources in their practice.

4. Appropriately define boundaries in practice.

5. Promote a high standard of advanced specialist nursing by initiating and co-ordinating the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of the holistic needs of patients/families through evidence based practice following agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.

6. Undertake clinical duties for in-patient treatments for multiple sclerosis patients, including administering medications and liaison with multi-disciplinary multiple sclerosis team and ward staff.

7. Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies. Utilise evidence based information through a variety of communication media.

8. Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.

9. To attend patient days, CQUIN meetings and seminars.

10. Participate in the collection of clinical outcome measures.

Management:

1. To support the multiple sclerosis lead and team members in ensuring that staff implement policy and service developmental changes.

2. To support the work done by multiple sclerosis team members in the maintenance of common service standards.

3. To support the multiple sclerosis team ensuring that the service responds to national initiatives and policy within the framework of clinical governance including clinical effectiveness, evidence based healthcare, managing clinical risk and, research and development issues.

4. Network locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and seek opportunities to develop the Multiple sclerosis .

5. To assist in providing statistics and annual analysis reports regarding multiple sclerosis, using databases in an accurate and timely manner.

6. To skilfully and flexibly plan and manage own time and support the multiple sclerosis team.

Education:

1. Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service.

2. Educate health care professionals about the condition and the needs of patients living with multiple sclerosis.

3. Educate ward staff on the administration of immunosuppressant medications used to treat multiple sclerosis..

4. To be responsible for own personal professional development. To attend external courses / education as appropriate.

5. To maintain a CPD portfolio reflecting personal professional development.

6. To initiate and maintain contacts with local and national clinical interest groups appropriate to the clinical field, and to demonstrate the ability to share and disseminate knowledge with colleagues working in other care settings.

Research and audit:

1. To support the development of ongoing audit and appropriate work related research/evaluation projects in multiple sclerosis.

2. To keep abreast of evidenced based practice in multiple sclerosis by use of relevant reading, attendance at appropriate training sessions, external courses and database searches.

3. To participate in appropriate work related research projects and in clinical trials as required.

4. Coordinate and participate in on-going service review and evaluation, including monitoring of patient experience.

General:

1. To use excellent prioritising and time management skills.

2. To attend and participate in team meetings

Person Specification

registration

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Relevant specialist post basic programme.

Education

Essential

• Experience of working within the NHS
• First level degree (HEI level 5 or 6) in nursing
• Demonstrable post graduate level working.

Desirable

• Experience of administering IV medications
• Work towards Masters Qualification
• Teaching / Assessment / Mentoring qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9FU

Employer's website

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