Band 6 TB Specialist Nurse (Development Post)
Requirements
Applicants must have current NMC registration, a degree or equivalent, a teaching and mentoring qualification, and at least three years of relevant post-registration experience. They must demonstrate ongoing professional development, teaching experience, safeguarding and clinical governance knowledge, and hold a full category B driving licence; TB case management experience and non-medical prescribing are desirable.
Job Description
Birmingham & Solihull TB Service is seeking an Enthusiastic Nurse to join the Team based in the community.
This post is a Development post from Band 5 to 6. The applicant will be provided full support and training to develop to a TB Specialist Nurse (Band 6). Training and development period will be up to 12 months period.
The role of the TB Specialist Nurse requires to Case Manage Caseload of Patients, support and ensure treatment completion, thus preventing the spread of infection to others and minimising the development of drug-resistant disease. Also, conducting contact investigations.
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who has an interest in TB and experience in working with vulnerable and underserved populations. The post holder must be highly motivated, enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable.
Car Driver Essential
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
This post requires the applicant to have access to a vehcile and have a driving licence.
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration with NMC (E)
- Degree or equivalent (E)
- Teaching & Mentoring qualification (E)
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course (D)
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years' relevant post registration experience (E)
- Evidence of on-going CPD (E)
- Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments (E)
- Experience in community and management of TB cases
Essential
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality (E)
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for ( E )
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance (E)
- You will need to be able to meet the travel
- requirements of the post and be independently mobile and as such it is essential for you to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points (E)
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality ( D )
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Hanna Kaur
hanna.kaur@uhb.nhs.uk
07717512451
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9017908-1
Job locations
Birmingham Chest Clinic
151 Great Charles Street, Queensway
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 3HX
Attachments
Job Description
TB CNS Band 6 JD and PS 2024_Hanna Kaur 1.pdf – 508KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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