Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 6 )
| Posting date: | 02 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £39,205.00 to £47,084.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £39205.00 - £47084.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2025 |
| Location: | Lyne, Chertsey, KT16 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9323-25-0248 |
Summary
Provide specialist advice and support to multi-professional teams to improve the effectiveness and quality in which services are provided. 1. Autonomously assess patients complex health and well being needs at all stages of their illness and seek support when appropriate. 2. Run patient clinics in where core needs are assessed and provided. 3. Provide specialist advice to support ward staff when patients are admitted to hospital ensuring all medical and nursing needs are understood and carried out in accordance with present standards and protocols. 4. Adhere to bio psycho social models of rheumatology patient care. 5. Be responsible for supporting and managing a clinical case load in an outpatient setting to enable competent supported self management in patients and their carers. 6. To undertake the relevant courses to be a registered prescriber for the medicines management of rheumatology patients as determined by service need and in consultation with the Non Medical Prescribing and Patient Group Directions Group and to act as a resource for clinicians in relation to treatment and care of rheumatology patients. 7. Identify development/ learning needs to enhance practice including study for a diploma/MSc and added skills such as joint injections. Education, Training and Development Function 1. Act as a professional supervisor and utilise clinical supervision and reflective practice skills to enhance development of self and colleagues in the inter-professional team to optimise care. 2. Act as a mentor for students and junior staff ensuring learning that is commensurate with education needs. 3. Provide patients and their carers with information and advice associated with rheumatology conditions ensuring the best level of understanding and self care as appropriate. 4. In liaison with the Patient Advice and Liaison Manager and the Consultant Rheumatologist develop written and other health information for rheumatology patients with regard to disease, treatment, management and ongoing care. 5. In liaison with the Clinical Practitioner Educators and the Practice Development Team develop, evaluate and manage education and training programmes relevant to rheumatology. 6. In liaison with the Clinical Skills Education Manager, identify, develop and review competency based framework for advanced skills development for relevant staff. 7. Manage the development and review of competencies for ward staff to care for the rheumatology patient. 8. Participate in education programmes in rheumatology with the Trust and local higher education provider as appropriate. 9. Undertake annual training needs analysis to identify education and training needs of staff in the rheumatology department. 10. Keep abreast and update staff of developments in rheumatology and advanced/expert practice. 11. Seek opportunities to develop advanced/expert specialist nurse expertise in order to develop service and others' skills. 12. Act as a resource for training for hospital and the community. Practice and Service Development, Research and Evaluation Function 1. Have a working knowledge of local and national standards of Rheumatology care and be able to contribute to the development of departmental strategies. 2. Facilitate the development of mechanisms to involve users in practice and service development. 3. Facilitate the development of specialist guidelines and protocols in collaboration with staff to optimise the care of the rheumatology patient. 4. In conjunction with the Head of Nursing and Consultants participate in the planning and implementation of quality and risk management initiatives and targets including CNST, RPST, Controls Assurance, National Service Frameworks and purchasers requirements. 5. Manage a regular system of audit and research activities within the specialist and in collaboration with colleagues. 6. Carry out clinical audits with other members of the clinical teams. Ensure feedback to other interested parties so lessons learnt and changes in practice made can be shared. 7. Function as part of an inter-professional team, assessing, and evaluating developing the rheumatology service as appropriate.