Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Allergy

Job summary

The Department of Immunology & Allergy is seeking to appoint an Allergy Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our friendly team. As a thriving multidisciplinary team of medics, clinical scientists, nurses and dieticians, we are committed to developing the role of the autonomous practitioner. 

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The successful candidate will be expected to run a nurse led allergy clinic after a period of training and competency assessment, as well as manage a complex caseload of patients presenting with all kinds of allergic conditions. The ideal candidate must therefore be confident and willing to undertake both self-directed and supervised learning.

You must also be an excellent team player with good leadership experience who is highly motivated and able to contribute to the overall development of the Allergy service.

This post is advertised as Band 6/7 dependant on experience. If appointed at Band 6, you will undertake training and competency programme for at least 12 months until autonomous practice is achieved.

The post is full time -- Monday-Friday- 9-5pm, covering some evening clinics.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit please contact;

Jennifer Willett

Matron

Infectious diseases, HIV, Immunology & Allergy

Tel: 0121 424 0791

Mob: 07827230757

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.

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 (Field dependent upon role )

*Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in ( appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7

*Recognised mentorship course

Desirable

*To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification

*To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role

*Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role

Experience

Essential

*Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

*Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality

*Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level

*Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going 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

*Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

*Experience of patient service user advocacy role

*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

Desirable

*Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator

*Experience in service development

*Awareness of current research related to the speciality

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 , supervise / appraise and asses junior staff

*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, undertake 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 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 work a varied shift pattern where required

*Ability to act on own initiative

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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: 

Jennifer Willett 

jennifer.willett@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214240791