Nurse Specialist; XR

Wehave an exciting opportunity within our Childrens IBD and PN Virtual ward Specialist nursing service. Working closely with families, consultants, localand regional services, and community partners to provide high quality patient care. Come and join our specialist nurse team if you are self-motivated with a high level of inter-personal andmulti-tasking skills.

Thepost holder will be responsible for managing and delivering care and supportto a caseload of children aged 0-18 years who have IBD and also patients onour PN and IBD virtual ward. The role includes teaching and supporting families to care for their children who require complex medications. As well as participating in MDT clinics alongside the consultant gastroenterologist and specialist dietitian, thepost holder will support the teams development and improvement of practice and guidelines.

Excellent organisational and communication skills are key elements for this position together with a genuine compassion and commitment to care for children and families who have a chronic illness.

Awillingness to undertake on the job training and experience of teaching/auditand research is desirable. The nutrition, gastroenterology and surgical teamwill provide support and training.

Thepost holder will support children and families with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Working alongside other IBD clinical nurse specialists and thewider MDT to provide telephone and face to face support and advice. This involves managing your own case load, providing nurse led telephone clinics,face to face clinics, supporting children and their families through a new diagnosis, on-going treatment, flare up of symptoms plus more.

Inorder to provide a high level of ongoing care the post holder will attend regular meetings across a variety of MDTs to ensure their patients receive the appropriate care at the right time. It will be the post holders responsibility to manage their case load and to feedback any outcomes from meetings to the child and family.

Therewill be opportunity for prescribing should the post holder hold an independent non-medical prescribing registration.

The post holder will work closely with theIBD CNS team and will work alongside the gastroenterologists, specialist dietitians, MDT coordinator and surgeons.

TheIBD CNS team sit within the Childrens Nutrition and IBD CNS service and willwork alongside the nutrition nurses.

Support will be provided by the CNS Team Leader, which includes preceptorship period,regular 1:1 meetings, team meetings, and appraisal for the upcoming year

Thereare weekly MDT teaching sessions which aid the growth and development of theteam which in turn aids the development of the services the team provide.

Aback ground in the systems we use at LTHT would be advantageous however support and induction will be provided.

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JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs,the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.

The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to aspecific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

Thejob holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole service working. As a role model theywill promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staff groups, patients and families/carers.

Pleasesee full job description for further details

• Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.
• Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.
• Deliver complex information to patients and staff.

• Act in accordance with the relevant professional code i.e. NMC
• Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
• Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes

• Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner
• Participates in the setting,…