Job summary
Join Our New Haemoglobinopathy Team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a newly established and innovative Haemoglobinopathy team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. Following a successful bid, we have secured recurrent funding from NHS England via the Medical Technologies (MedTech) funding stream to enhance and sustain our current services.
This new service aims at directly addressing the concerns raised in the"No One's Listening" report, tackling health inequalities and improving outcomes for patients living with haemoglobinopathies. We are recruiting into new positions including: Haemoglobinopathy Senior Nurses
We are looking for experienced, motivated, and compassionate senior nurses with a strong background in haemoglobinopathies or haematology, ideally gained in acute settings such as:
- Emergency Departments (ED)
- Intensive Care Units (ITU)
- Renal Units
- Haematology Inpatient Wards or Day Care Units
Successful candidates will work across multiple sites to ensure equitable access to elective and emergency red cell exchange services. Full training and supervision will be provided to support your development within this specialist service.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for administering specialist apheresis/complex treatment pathways/procedure.
- Administration of Blood products in line with Trust policy.
- To work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and work within boundaries recognising personal accountability for:
- Providing positive clinical leadership, working collaboratively with the senior nursing and clinical teams to promote high standards of specialist apheresis care and the effective running of the clinical service.
- Acting as a professional role model providing direct and indirect expert apheresis clinical care that is evidence-based, and supports the professional development of others through the provision of ongoing specialist training.
- To assist in supporting the delivery of high quality, safe and effective apheresis care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients.
- To support specialist apheresis services providing specialist nursing expertise across the two sites.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Apheresis elective and emergency Day Care procedures for haemoglobinopathy patients.
- Top-up/simple transfusions
- Providing apheresis emergency procedures that extend to the critical care setting across hospital sites.
- To support the provision of apheresis services as a skilled operator
- To develop and maintain essential skills and experience that are essential to providing safe and effective apheresis care.
- To work towards ensure skill set and standards of apheresis care meet statutory/accreditation requirements (e.g. Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority, and MHRA.
- Effective pain management with patients in SCD crisis To deliver compassionate person-centred care, treating patients, their relatives/carers with dignity and respect.
- Supporting clinical trial portfolio and standards.
- Patient experience
- To promote and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives/carers and other staff, including the wider haemoglobinopathy team.
- Ongoing commitment to developing and maintain essential nursing skills that support specialist haemoglobinopathy services.
- Improve the haemoglobinopathy service delivery
Kindly refer to the Job description and Person Specifications attached.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Apheresis elective and emergency Day Care procedures for haemoglobinopathy patients.
- Top-up/simple transfusions
- Providing apheresis emergency procedures that extend to the critical care setting across hospital sites.
- To support the provision of apheresis services as a skilled operator
- To develop and maintain essential skills and experience that are essential to providing safe and effective apheresis care.
- To work towards ensure skill set and standards of apheresis care meet statutory/accreditation requirements (e.g. Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority, and MHRA.
- Effective pain management with patients in SCD crisis To deliver compassionate person-centred care, treating patients, their relatives/carers with dignity and respect.
- Supporting clinical trial portfolio and standards.
- Patient experience
- To promote and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives/carers and other staff, including the wider haemoglobinopathy team.
- Ongoing commitment to developing and maintain essential nursing skills that support specialist haemoglobinopathy services.
- Improve the haemoglobinopathy service delivery
Kindly refer to the Job description and Person Specifications attached.
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Person Specification
Education and qualificationss
Essential
- NMC registrant
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing
- Evidence of continues professional development
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Desirable
- Recognised post-registration training relevant to specialty - Apheresis certification
- Masters Level study or willing to undertake
Knowledge and expereince
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience within haematology specialty
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and working under supervision to deliver specialist care
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Blood transfusion skills
- Venepucnture and Cannulation
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential
- Knowledge of the therapeutic application of apheresis procedures
- Effective communications skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
- Ability to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
- Ability to work act as a role model/lead by example
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills appropriate to role
Person Specification
Education and qualificationss
Essential
- NMC registrant
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing
- Evidence of continues professional development
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Desirable
- Recognised post-registration training relevant to specialty - Apheresis certification
- Masters Level study or willing to undertake
Knowledge and expereince
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience within haematology specialty
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and working under supervision to deliver specialist care
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Blood transfusion skills
- Venepucnture and Cannulation
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential
- Knowledge of the therapeutic application of apheresis procedures
- Effective communications skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
- Ability to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
- Ability to work act as a role model/lead by example
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills appropriate to role
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
