Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Site: Rheumatology Ealing Hospital
Town: Southall
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/04/:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Job overview

The role involves managing a caseload of patients within Rheumatology Services, ensuring they receive high-quality care through close coordination and collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. As an expert practitioner in rheumatology nursing, the individual provides specialized advice, support, and education to both patients and healthcare professionals. They are responsible for overseeing all aspects of patient care, from pre-test assessments and diagnosis to addressing patients' social, emotional, and health needs, with referrals to appropriate services as necessary. Additionally, the role includes optimizing pharmaceutical care for patients with various rheumatological conditions, ensuring effective medication use. The individual is also expected to foster a culture of innovation and continual improvement in patient care by promoting research and evidence-based practices.

Main duties of the job

A Rheumatology CNS is responsible for managing a defined caseload of patients with rheumatological conditions, ensuring comprehensive, high-quality care through close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Their duties include assessing disease activity, leading on DMARD (Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs) monitoring, and interpreting diagnostic tests. They are also responsible for educating patients on self-administering therapies, providing counseling for newly diagnosed patients, and offering advice on medication, pain management, and coping strategies. The nurse plays a crucial role in patient advocacy, ensuring that care plans are tailored to individual needs and that communication with patients, families, and healthcare teams is clear, empathetic, and effective. They also provide support and education to other healthcare professionals, promote effective inter-professional relationships, and maintain strict confidentiality and record-keeping standards.

Person specification Essential and Desirable Criteria

• RN and evidence of continuing professional development
• Substantial clinical and managerial experience as a band 6 and above
• Able to demonstrate application of evidence-based practice in rheumatology
• Competent IT skills including email, PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Able to demonstrate application of cultural and social differences and relevance to client group

Essential and Desirable

• Highly developed communication skills and ability to convey complex information and sensitive information to others
• Demonstrates skill in teaching and supervision of students and carers
• Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise on the management of patients within the Rheumatology service
• Experience in taking medical histories and completing episodes of patient care
• Demonstrate understanding of principles and practice Clinical Governance e.g. Risk Management

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.