Haemoglobinopathy Specialist Nurse (adults) in Northampton

You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. The Northampton Specialist haemoglobinopathy team currently incorporates Northampton and Kettering, flexibility is required across the two main hospital sites. This post will require the post holder to primarily base at Kettering.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist nursing support ensuring the quality of care provision to adults who have Haemoglobinopathy disorders using unit protocols and trust policies and guidelines.
• To work with the multi professional team to provide patient focused Haemoglobinopathy services, and to initiate different forms of treatment for adults and their families in a variety of settings.
• To create and provide specialist education, training and information to patients and families.
• To work with the multi professional team to monitor patient condition.
• To be responsible for nursing practice development.
• Will work alongside the Matron for Haemoglobinopathies to ensure the service is delivered in line with the service specification and within the remit of the allocated budget, which will vary depending on the numbers of patients treated.
• Recognise the importance of utilisation of resources is paramount and ensure maximal use of those available to enable the delivery of the highest standards of care.
• Be expected to focus on specialist education and training to all members of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
• Creating and facilitating training programmes.
• The post holder will be a key member of the team to ensure the implementation of the specialist service specification for Haemoglobinopathy.

About us

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Job responsibilities

• Take responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers within the speciality.
• Establish and maintain good positive working relationships with key working relations.
• Create and facilitate training and support with programmes of education.
• Lead with Haemoglobinopathy training across NGH and KGH.
• Actively participate in local, national, and international networking to maintain and develop expert level of knowledge in the speciality.
• Ensure that the importance and implications of education, research, and ideas are raised in appropriate forums.
• Manage a caseload of patients, as appropriate within the speciality, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Delegate a caseload of patients to team.
• Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across the whole spectrum of the service.
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in the specialist area, ensuring the delivery of appropriate evidence-based care.
• Support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving complex patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
• Promote the philosophy of patient centred care and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family at all times.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate systems are in place to evidence ongoing compliance with local and national policies as required for CQC standards.
• Actively participate in audit and research and benchmarking activities to ensure effective safe and evidence based practice and lead for service.
• Promote and encourage nursing practice research in all relevant clinical areas.
• Promote the speciality by publishing and presenting innovations and research findings locally and nationally.
• Actively promote the specialist service throughout the Trust by establishing robust networks and links with Clinical Governance and Audit teams.
• Acting on audits and research findings to inform and change practice as appropriate.
• As a clinical expert provide advice and support to assist with the management of complaints relating to the speciality and implement action plans or change of the service.
• Promote patient and public involvement and enhancing their experience by supporting and supporting manager with implementing new initiatives relating to patient centred care.
• Raise the profile of patient and public involvement by embedding this within own sphere of practice.
• A visible, accessible, and assertive clinical expert to which staff and users can turn to for assistance, expert advice and support.
• To be responsible for nursing practice development within the service.
• Actively participate in research and benchmarking activities to ensure effective safe and evidence based practice.
• Co-ordinate hydroxycarbamide treatment.
• Education in Emergency Department and Assessment unit, as well as Haematology areas.

This job description indicates the main functions and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended to be a complete list. You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.

The post holder will manage a small team and report to Matron.

Person Specification

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
• Holds an NMC pin.
• Evidence of post-registration education and development to Masters level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
• Clinical Leadership Programme.
• Relevant clinical experience at band 6 or above.
• Specialist knowledge and experience within the area of speciality.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Evidence of autonomous practice.
• Assertive and confident.
• Personal and professional maturity.
• Recognition of own limitations.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm.
• Evidence of change management.
• Ability to motivate self and others.
• Ability to supervise, educate and develop others.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own working day.

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users.
• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusively.

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.