Advanced Clinical Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Advanced Clinical Practitioner inHaemoglobinopathies

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to join its successful and expanding Haemaglobinopathies team

The post holder will join a team of 3 Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide excellent and comprehensive care for this group of patients.

Key roles to include

Advanced Clinical Assessment of Haemaglobinopathy patients in the outpatient, Emergency department and ward setting

Independent Prescribing including blood products

Making referrals to other healthcare professionals

Independent Clinics

Central Line insertions

The roles will be ward/ team based and play a key role in caring for inpatients and outpatients attending our busy Supportive Therapy and Ambulatory Units.

Working closely with the entire multi-disciplinary team, these roles will be vital in ensuring continuity of care and a smooth pathway for patients.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the team and support your peers, providing formal and informal teaching.

We pride ourselves in giving our nurses educational opportunities and encourage our senior nurses to lead audit and participate in national and international meetings.

Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care.

Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients within their area of work.

Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.

Receive referrals via a variety of sources, including direct patient referral. Manage own caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices.

Participate in multidisciplinary clinics, participate in ward rounds, patient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings

Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/ advice as per speciality and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The post holder will demonstrate a high level of expertise within Haemaglobinopathies providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.

The post holder will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the Haemaglobinopathies to provide patient-centred clinical care.

This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.

The post holder will support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.

Responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues

The post holder will deliver a 90% clinical component to their role and 10% related to appraisal, clinical audit, teaching, continuous professional development and research