Band 7 TB Clinical Nurse Specialist
Requirements
Candidates must be a registered nurse with post-registration qualifications in TB and significant experience in a related field. They should demonstrate leadership abilities, ongoing professional development, and expertise in TB management.
Job Description
Birmingham & Solihull TB Service are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Nurse to join the Team based in the community (Yardley Court).
The Team provides follow-up care to patients diagnosed with Tuberculosis and offer screening to contacts. The Specialist Team manage TB Incidents and Outbreaks across Birmingham & Solihull.
If you would like more information about this post please contact the TB Lead Nurse, Hanna Kaur on 07717512451 or e-mail hanna.kaur@uhb.nhs.uk.
This post is for 33 hours per week.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who has experience in TB and experience in working with vulnerable and underserved persons.
The post holder must be highly motivated, flexible, adaptable and have significant experience in TB.
The role of the TB Specialist Nurse requires to Case Manage a Caseload of Patients, support and ensure treatment completion, thus preventing the spread of infection to others and minimising the development of drug-resistant disease.
The Post Holder will join the Multi-disciplinary Team and work closely with UKHSA and have links with Neighbouring TB Services and liaise with TB services across the country.
Being a car driver is essential.
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
- Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register.
- Evidence of post registration qualification in TB, supplemented by specialist experience and short courses.
- Recognised mentorship course
- Non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards (where applicable to role).
- To have or working towards advanced health assessment module and non-medical prescribing.
Essential
- To have or working towards advanced health assessment module and non-medical prescribing.
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant post registration experience at Band 6 or above Clinical Nurse Specialist within practice related field to role applied for
- Evidence of ability to professionally lead / manage a team.
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence.
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to TB.
- Experience of developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical and community setting.
- Experience in service development.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment .
- Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff.
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding .
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance (E).
- Patient / user involvement and advocacy role.
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality.
Essential
- Ability to balance clinical caseload and managing a team.
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage / prioritise own workload.
- Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
- Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities.
- Ability to construct, undertake clinical audit and analyse information to produce a report and recommendations.
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others.
- Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development.
- Ability to act on own initiative.
- As this is a community post, post holder must have access to a vehicle to carry out duties to fulfil the role.
- Ability to articulate and evidence workforce requirements for the service using a systematic approach / methodology and evidence base where this is available.
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 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9016495
Job locations
Yardley Court
11-13 Frederick Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 1JD
Attachments
Job Description
Band 7 JD PS.pdf – 573KB 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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