Clinical Nurse Specialist - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Herts NHS Trust

    East and North Herts NHS Trust
    East and North Herts NHS Trust Stevenage, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Endometriosis who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

    This exciting role will give you the opportunity to contribute to the specialist care and management of patients, mainly in the outpatient setting, and to help support patients facing the diagnosis and treatment of Endometriosis

    Our Values are I nclude, R espect and I mprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

    Main duties of the job

    You will work as part of Endometriosis Hertfordshire and have previous oncology experience.

    You will work closely with the Endometriosis MDT.

    Act as a key worker for patients.

    Provide specialist knowledge and support to patients by phone or in person while in clinic.

    Act as liaison when required

    Have the ability to carry out holistic needs assessments with patients at specific time points within their journey.

    About us

    At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

    We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

    • We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

    We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

    We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications/Training

    Essential

  • Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
  • Post registration qualification in speciality
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Teaching Qualification
  • Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
  • Advanced clinical assessment
  • Band 6 or above

    • Desirable

  • Research module masters
  • Degree

    • Previous Experience

    Essential

  • Significant relevant experience in the speciality and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
  • Accept personal accountability for own practice
  • Experience of formal/informal teaching
  • Experience of initiating change
  • Understanding of evidence based practice
  • Understanding of clinical governance
  • Understanding of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this

    • Skills

    Essential

  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
  • Flexible and adaptable to changing situation due workload and colleagues' needs
  • Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
  • Leadership Skills
  • Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload'; effective time management
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to lead developments in practice
  • Commitment to multidisciplinary working
  • Demonstrate analytical and judgemental skills
  • Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly

    • Desirable

  • Advanced communication skills