Job summary
The Thoracic Nurse Practitioner is an experienced registered nurse with specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team.
The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients.
The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained.
Main duties of the job
- The successful candidate will work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
- Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
- Co-ordinate the provision of specialist services to patients, both within hospital and/or in the community setting, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues
- Develop and run nurse led clinics where the post holder will co-ordinate the treatment in conjunction with medical staff, and provide treatment which may include minor surgical procedures for patients.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Direct, support, encourage and advise clinical teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in the care of patients within the area.
- Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
- Coordinate, lead and manage the activities of clinics on a day to day basis.
- Establish regular dialogue with local and tertiary referral centres showing good practice.
- Participate in professional nursing initiatives as an invited member to the TNMC.
- Ensure compliance to the 18 week pathway and other service developments.
- Lead and participate in education and training programmes within the speciality service, and develop training packages as required.
- Motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for department staff.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Direct, support, encourage and advise clinical teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in the care of patients within the area.
- Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
- Coordinate, lead and manage the activities of clinics on a day to day basis.
- Establish regular dialogue with local and tertiary referral centres showing good practice.
- Participate in professional nursing initiatives as an invited member to the TNMC.
- Ensure compliance to the 18 week pathway and other service developments.
- Lead and participate in education and training programmes within the speciality service, and develop training packages as required.
- Motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for department staff.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced assessment skills course completed
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification/in progress or equivalent experience
- Be an independent prescriber according to the Trusts Non medical prescribing policy
Skills
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of speciality with a wide range of approaches to the management of patients, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning and be able to comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
- Ability to draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions (which will usually include prescribing medication and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions)
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in speciality.
- Experience of teaching patients
Desirable
- Experience of running own clinics
Values and Behaviours
Essential
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Additional Information
Essential
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced assessment skills course completed
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification/in progress or equivalent experience
- Be an independent prescriber according to the Trusts Non medical prescribing policy
Skills
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of speciality with a wide range of approaches to the management of patients, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning and be able to comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
- Ability to draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions (which will usually include prescribing medication and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions)
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in speciality.
- Experience of teaching patients
Desirable
- Experience of running own clinics
Values and Behaviours
Essential
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Additional Information
Essential
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
