Job summary
Employer heading
Patient Education Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
This part time Band 6 Patient Education Nurse Specialist role within Nephrology is an exciting opportunity for an experienced renal nurse with an interest in providing holistic pre-dialysis care and education to the Chronic Kidney Disease patient group within our community to support the existing Nurse Specialist in this field.
The patients group consists of approx. 300 community based patients, all at different stages of their disease process and all requiring an individualized approach to their pre-dialysis care, management, and education, ensuring that they are optimized & prepared for Renal Replacement Therapy.
Main duties of the job
As post holder your duties will include:
- To operate a care programme for patients with chronic kidney disease, providing education and individualised preparation for End Stage Renal Disease.
- Provide information to patients about the treatment options available for management of ESRD.
- Oversee patient attendance at a ‘One stop’ MDT low clearance outpatient clinic for new CKD patients.
- Organise and manage a Hepatitis B Vaccination programme for CKD patients.
- Oversee and manage anaemia in the patient group
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To manage a specified case load of patients, providing information and support, to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
- To work closely with the Consultants, medical and nursing staff, multi-disciplinary team and Heads of Department within the Directorate.
- To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
- To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support.
- To accept referrals from Nephrology medical/nursing staff of newly diagnosed and existing patients requiring speciality input.
- To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
- To communicate sensitive condition related information effectively with patients and carers in a timely and understandable manner, using different communication methods to clarify understanding.
- To liaise with other Specialists Nurses, Consultants, GPs, Dieticians, other members of the MDT, voluntary agencies, National charities, other agencies within and outside the Trust.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner responsible for managing and prioritising own workload against the needs of patients and service requirements
- To assist the Line Manager in the provision of clinical and managerial leadership and support of all nursing and clerical staff
- To deputise for senior colleagues in their absence as required
Please see the attached job description for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration experience including some in a position relevant to the speciality
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead, motivate and to encourage others in a team
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Trudgill
- Job title
- Renal Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 747686
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