The post holder will provide a clear focus for clinical leadership across a team of Cellular Therapy Nurse Specialists and patients undergoing Cellular Therapies within the haematology unit.

They will provide visible leadership and management of the team and be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality care. The post holder will ensure that the department and its staff deliver a high quality service that is patient focused, efficient and safe. They will be responsible for co-ordinating care, monitoring expenditure, monitoring the quality of clinical support and managing specialist nursing staff. They will ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.

They will work very closely with the Haematology General Manager to ensure effective delivery of Cellular Therapy Service at UCLH for both the NHS adult and adolescent services and the private service integral at UCLH.

Main duties of the job

Leadership

Implement and support a zero tolerance approach to bullying and harassment in all forms and lead by example in this area.

Provide expert professional leadership to a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists who co-ordinate Cellular Therapies for the NHS adult and adolescent services and Private Services to the team's Data Manager and to other direct care staff to patients and carers within wards and departments and to outside agencies.

Demonstrate effective decision-making skills to address complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation or comparison of a range of options. Use effective change management skills to implement the outcomes of the analysis.

Accountable for delivery of a shared vision of service in collaboration with the MDT, organisation and external agencies, ensuring seamless patient care through the development and implementation of protocols and pathway working.

Plan and organise complex activities required for the Cellular Therapy Service. Negotiate and agree with individuals, groups and other practitioner's outcomes, roles and responsibilities, and action to be taken to develop resources, services and facilities.

Use effective prioritisation, problem solving, and delegation skills to meet the demands for frequent concentration in a work environment that is unpredictable and challenging.

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About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
  
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
  
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
  
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
  
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
  
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
  
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
  
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

The Cancer Services Division at UCLH delivers world class cancer care to patients from across the country, with a range of specialised services in Oncology and Haematology, delivered by its team of approximately 1300 staff, and an annual income of over �210m. It strives to innovate and improve the care that it offers across all areas.

Services are spread across the UCLH campus with over 140 inpatient beds across the Grafton Way Building and UCH Tower, an ambulatory chemo unit, a radiotherapy facility, an apheresis unit and a large outpatient department. Our radiotherapy service is based in the basement of UCH and one of two national Proton Beam Therapy centres is based below ground in the Grafton Way building.

The Cancer Services Division also has management responsibility for the UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, a state-of-the-art building designed to deliver ambulatory chemotherapy, diagnostics, outpatient consultations and support and information services for patients and carers. A strategic partnership with Macmillan has underpinned a new way of delivering supportive care to cancer patients in conjunction with their clinical care. In addition, the building hosts a small number of services run by other divisions such as imaging and nuclear medicine.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Level 1 or Level 15 Registered Nurse
• An expert practitioner either through formal qualification (Degree) and extensive clinical experience pertinent to the area
• Commitment to achieve Masters level
• Qualification in non-medical prescribing

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Relevant demonstrable experience in the care of patients with haemoglobinopathies
• Experience of working in pediatric service and ongoing interest in the care of young people
• Strong leadership skills

Communication

Essential

• Demonstratesawarenessoftheimportanceof working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
• Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
• Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
• Presentation skills

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains updated Portfolio
• Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor
• Reflective in Practice
• Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in the specialty
• Evidence of developing & leading nurse led clinics / services (HLP2)
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively (HLP1) / autonomously (HLP2)

Desirable

• Published articles / poster presentations

Quality

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance, e.g. risk management, audit
• Commitment to quality initiatives, e.g. Nursing & Midwifery strategy, Trust top 10 objectives, CNO 10 key roles and relevant NSFs
• Experience of developing standards, guidelines and policies
• Experience in audit and evaluation of practice / services

Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs

Essential

• Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical area has clear vision of the role

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

1 Grafton Way

London

WC1E 6AS

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309-UCLH-4489