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Community Tuberculosis (TB) Specialist Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 Gorffennaf 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Cwmni: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6439055/363-CHB6354614 |
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The TB Service is a county wide nurse led service covering Bedfordshire, co-located with the respiratory team at Bedford Hospital. The majority of their patients are reviewed in clinic at Bedford Hospital, Cauldwell Medical Centre with occasional extra clinics being run if needed both on and off site. They also provide home visits to support patients with taking their anti-tb medication as per enhanced case management assessment and provide a comprehensive tailor made DOT (direct observation therapy) programme for those hard to reach.
Theservice works as an integrated team with health and social care across medical specialities, disciplines, sectors and administrative boundaries to provide specialist support and advice to patients, families and carers. The service is proactive in case finding; we undertake and support with diagnostic and contact screening.
The team is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and management of each individual case, evaluating and treatment for patients with suspected Latent and Active TB; this extends to patients with atypical mycobacterium infections.
The service raises awareness and provides specialist TB sessions to other health and non-health care services (e.g. local, authorities, charitable and business partners) and engage in local national and international TB networks.
The post holder will lead in the delivery of high quality Tuberculosis (TB) nursing services throughout the Trust to minimise and reduce the impact of TB ensuring a seamless, co-ordinated and timely approach to care.
To provide professional leadership and management to nursing staff. Liaise with Public Health England with regard the epidemiology of TB and the management of specific cases. To act as a role model in promoting equality of opportunity among staff. To ensure local TB policies/protocols and guidelines are developed and reviewed to reflect best practice. To lead the review and re-design of patient pathways and services to ensure that these meet the changing needs of patients while optimising resources. The nurse has responsibility for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with TB throughout the trust and the community; and the development, implementation and evaluation of treatment, educational and health promotion programs to control the spread of TB.
The post holder will be working alongside other clinical colleagues to provide expert individualised care, treatment and support for this patient group and their families/carers independently in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in line with local and national targets. They will play a key role within this team in order They will organise the education of nurses, medical staff, allied health professionals (AHP’s), patients and carers and participate in TB teaching development where appropriate.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
We are exceptionally proud of our service and are seeking a motivated and driven individual to join the team as a band 7 Community Tuberculosis Specialist Nurse.
To work as an advanced practitioner and effectively lead and deliver an expert
nursing service within the TB specialist area, working to prevent and control
the spread of infection within the local community.
To be able to work both autonomously and within a team, making decisions
within local and national guidance and written protocols and be competent in
organising service workloads to meet the priorities of the service and patients.
The post holder is a key member of the TB team whose overarching goal is
deliver quality clinical and nursing care and TB prevention and control. This
includes undertaking any activity deemed to be within the expectations of the
role.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Jul 2024