An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse leader to join the Haematology team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust as a Lead Nurse.

The Department of Clinical Haematology provides care across our sites at Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals. We are a regional bone marrow transplant and cellular therapies centre and deliver care to a wide range of patients.

This role will encompass a clinical component, with provision of leadership and service development support to the transplant nursing team based at QE hospital and non-transplant clinical nurse specialist teams based across all 4 sites. You will be fully supported to identify an achievable clinical caseload and will be supported in your ongoing professional development.

In partnership with the haematology matron and other speciality lead nurses you will lead a team of professionals/practitioners, working closely with the medical, allied health professional and other clinical and non-clinical staff, to provide a high quality, effective, efficient and person-centred service. Leadership for service development, evaluation and quality improvement, and contributing to education and research, are expected and supported as part of the role.

If you are a dynamic and experienced Haematology nurse with a passion for leadership, we would welcome your application. There are opportunities within this role for personal, professional, and academic development.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert clinical care, exercising professional autonomy within their field of expertise.

Co-lead a team of professionals/practitioners to provide a high quality, effective and efficient service.

Work collaboratively with the Matron, CSL and operational team to develop the service, promoting excellent patient care through staff specialist skills development

Work collaboratively with referring teams to the service, promoting the specialist service whilst supporting their development and learning.

Participate in collaborative research programme

Raise the profile of the service at local, national and international level

To co-lead and consult on the development and evaluation of the service in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team

Participate in the provision of specialist education and training programmes

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*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.
• *Professional knowledge acquired through post graduate degree / supplemented by specialist training , experience, short courses to Masters level equivalent (
• *Non-Medical Prescribing Course or willingness to undertake where this is a requirement of the role

Desirable

• *Non-Medical Prescribing Course

Experience

Essential

• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• *Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• *Extensive post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Band 7 or above in defined or associated speciality
• *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence.
• *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
• *Experience in service development
• *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• *Experience of resource and budgetary management
• *Experience of leading on the writing / updating of organisational Policy / Procedure / Guidelines associated with the speciality /field 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 and can translate this in to local practice reflected in organisational policy / procedure and service delivery
• *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Desirable

• *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
• *Experience of complex human resources management

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
• *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 lead clinical audit , analyse information and develop robust measureable action plans to support improvement / change
• *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
• *Knowledge of current evidence based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
• *Ability to lead and manage a team
• *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.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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