An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our UCLH@HOME team as we pilot a new Blood Transfusion pathway. We are forefront of integrated care - providing innovative and transformational care that best serves local communities.

Main duties of the job

UCLH@Home is an NHS service that helps by supporting patients to leave hospital once medically optimised and safe to be managed in the community. Whilst under this service patients remain under the care of their consultant team.

As a member of our Team your role will include direct care delivery within the Patient's own homes. This role will be primarily working within the new Blood Transfusion pathway and so will require an innovative individual used to working in a flexible manner.

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.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC Registration
• BSc or equivalent level of experience

Desirable

• Post registration education in a relevant area

Experience

Essential

• Understanding and insight into EIM
• Excellent communication skills
• Nurse Prescriber (or willing to work towards)
• Excellent clinical and holistic assessment skills
• Knowledge of current issues in the NHS
• Good knowledge of infection prevention and control
• Experience in Community/ A& E
• Portfolio of varied Clinical experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of transfusion practices
• Experience of Audit/Change initiatives

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to motivate staff
• Ability to demonstrate awareness of need for effective team work
• Ability to demonstrate personal management skills
• Advanced nursing skills
• Excellent time management
• Ability to participate in training of Nursing staff and students and doctors
• Computer literate
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced physical assessment skills

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
• Willing to produce a personal development plan with manager
• Willing to develop self & undertake in-house study and care certificate

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel in the community

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospitals

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

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