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Nurse Specialist - AHUS National Service | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7159205/317-2025-17-31-DR |
Summary
You will work as a Senior Nurse Specialist , leading the day-to-day delivery of clinical care, as well as supporting the Nurse Consultant within the service to plan and deliver care within the National aHUS Service (which is a single-centre highly specialised service, commissioned by NHS England; https://www.atypicalhus.co.uk/).
You will be required to manage both paediatric and adult patients with complement mediated renal diseases.
You will be required to demonstrate sound judgement, good clinical acumen and robust decision-making when managing patients on treatment for atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) and C3 glomerulopathy, as well as managing patients withdrawing from these therapies – this group requiring ongoing active clinical and biochemical monitoring for signs of relapse, which will be centrally monitored and co-ordinated from the service in Newcastle.
You will be responsible for co-ordinating re-initiation treatment for patients who are located across England and Scotland when appropriate to ensure timely treatment to protect kidney function.
You will engage with high-level, multi-agency working across different professional boundaries and NHS organisations to ensure patients with complement mediated renal disease (who are located all around England [within a shared care arrangement] and Scotland) receive high quality, safe and effective care.
Key stakeholders you will work with include: patients and families with complement mediated renal disease; NHS England; Consultants within the service; Consultants who share care for aHUS patients across England and Scotland; Pharmaceutical companies; Medical and Nursing teams within the Trust; Laboratory sciences (Genetics; Immunology, Haematology); University research departments; Nurses in senior leadership roles within the Trust; AHPs (nurses, pharmacists, high-cost pharmacists etc) internally and externally to the Trust – who form part of the MDT caring for patients with a complement mediated renal disease.
You will be passionate in delivering direct clinical care, as well as clinical leadership – and this will be evidenced by tangible outputs. Participation in clinical audit and ongoing service improvement will be a focus to further enhance the care of patients with complement mediated renal disease moving forwards.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
You will ensure practice for this patient group is evidence-based, and engage with quality improvement as a mechanism to provide high-quality care that is equitable and effective.
You will participate in providing education in relation to the field of practice – writing and delivering education programmes for nurses and AHP’s within and out-with the hospital setting.
• Interview date: Wednesday 21 May 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.
Within the sphere of specialist practice:
• Demonstrates significant advanced knowledge and skills within their sphere of practice.
• Take a lead role facilitating the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
• Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
• Have corporate identity as an expert within specialist area.
• Lead and provide training and education across the organisation in relevant area of practice.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025
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