TB Outreach Nurse

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated nurse to join the TB team at Whipps Cross Hospital, to provide expert nursing care and clinical leadership. A passion to work with our more vulnerable and underserved patients is vital. The role will involve working across both clinic and community.

We are a small team working in collaboration with the respiratory,  paediatric teams as well as the wider Barts TB teams and the Queen Mary and Barts Health TB centre.

Managing a defined case load of patients with active/latent TB.

Overseeing the management of patients with complex social needs.

Collaborative working with partnership agencies

Undertaking nurse led clinics including contact and latent TB screening.

Supporting and developing junior staff

To work as part of the Tuberculosis (TB) nursing team to provide and accessible and responsive high-quality TB nursing service within Barts Health NHS trust.

To facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients (adults and children), their contacts and the wider community in collaboration with the multi professional team and with other agencies, in accordance with national guidelines and locally agreed policies.

To act as a specialist role model in the delivery of expert, patient centred nursing care and advice as a case manager for own caseload of patients being treated for TB and latent TB.

To lead on the management of complex TB patients with an emphasis on the underserved population, developing effective partnerships with allied services.

To develop clinical leadership skills, to lead the TB team at Whipps Cross Hospital

Demonstrate highly developed and advanced specialist TB knowledge and skills through innovative practice leading to the development of increasing levels of autonomy.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

• Previous experience of working within TB related services
• Extensive post graduate experience of working with vulnerable adults or children, i.e homelessness, substance misuse, mental health.
• Experience of staff line management
• Multi Professional Working
• Staff recruitment/retention

• Ability to prioritize own workload to pressure and meet deadlines
• Teaching and presentation skills Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to be self- directed but also participate as a team member

• Sound knowledge of current nursing and health care issues Awareness of key challenges in TB nursing/TB control in UK

• First Level Registered Nurse Diploma/First Level Degree
• Post Graduate degree or willingness to undertake/equivalent experience
• Teaching/Mentoring course
• Nurse prescriber/Assessment and history taking qualification

• Visible and approachable
• Willingness to travel and work flexibly including some unsocial hours
• Positive attitude toward change
• Able to work with key stakeholders and promote effective working relationships

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,524 to £62,652 a yearpro rata per annum inc