Band 7 Community Sact Outreach Cns - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job summary:

Are you an experienced, skilled, motivated Haematology nurse who is chemotherapy competent and looking for a new challenge?

Our Haematology Outreach service at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for providing a high standard of care for patients in the community with a variety of Haematology conditions; monitoring blood counts, undertaking nurse led reviews, administering systemic anti-cancer treatments (SACT) in patient's homes, coordinating treatment pathways, and offering end of life support.

You will work within an established service based at the QE, which is expanding to cover the East of Birmingham surrounding Heartlands and Solihull hospitals.

Posts will be based at either QE or BHH.

This is a development post that can be offered at band 6 or 7 depending on experience, you will be supported to achieve Non-Medical Prescribing, and to undertake the Non-Medical Authorisation of blood components course if not already in possession of these qualifications.

You must have current competency for administering SACT. You will be forward thinking and ambitious, able to work autonomously. A full driving licence and car are essential to the role (mileage will be reimbursed as per Trust policy).

You will be well supported by the whole team to develop your leadership skills, and achieve your professional goals.

Please contact Debbie Palmer for more information.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:
Delivery of SACT in the community

Delivering associated supportive care and monitoring

End of life support

Managing treatment pathways

Coordinating with day units and inpatient teams

support staff working across sites

Ability to balance competing clinical demands and organise workload

Able to work independently

Prepared to undertake non-medical prescribing if not already competent

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description:

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:

Essential:

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short
Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short

courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /

Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment competent
Phlebotomy skills
Recognised mentorship course

Experience:

Essential:

Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Significant years post registration experience at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence
Experience of team/staff management
Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
Working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
Experience of patient service user advocacy role
Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist ca