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

Description

Job overview

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 Include, Respect and Improve. 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Research module masters
• Degree

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• Advanced communication skills

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.