Clinical Nurse Specialist Rheumatology B7

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern is, Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm.

As a Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist you will be a registered nurse who has acquired additional specialist knowledge and expertise in Rheumatology Management. The post of Clinical Nurse Specialist, Rheumatology Team Lead is fundamental to the service, working as an autonomous practitioner and is responsible to clinically direct a team of staff and service both professionally and managerially, which may cross traditional professional or service boundaries.

You will be expected to provide clinical leadership/expert advice to nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a high standard of care to a defined patient group.

You will have experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist with current Rheumatology knowledge and as the Team Lead you will manage the workload of the staff to provide specialist care within a designated clinical service with a complex caseload, incorporating patient assessment, treatment and discharge from care. You and your team will competently perform the necessary technical/invasive/physical aspects of care for this defined patient group and you will be responsible for consultancy, teaching, audit, research, and lead in service development and maintain service objectives to meet the changing demands of delivering specialised Rheumatology care.

As well as having completed, or demonstrated the ability to complete a primary degree you will have the skills and competencies required to manage a caseload within agreed boundaries and protocols in line with clinical governance. Entwined around this clinical core are ties of consultancy, teaching, management and research and its application.

You carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards.

It is recognised that this may be achieved either directly through personal contact with the patient or indirectly through a combination or focus on one of the following: leadership, facilitation, teaching and research / audit.

You will undertake and provide clinical leadership, assessment of patient needs, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, which are evidence based , utilising all available resources taking into consideration patients lifestyle, gender and cultural background and ensure involvement with the patient, family, carers and significant others.

You will be certified or working towards Non Medical Nurse Prescribing within this specialist service and act as an expert resource for the clinical management of patients and Rheumatology conditions

As the clinical team lead you will be responsible for budget control and accountable for the effective management of resources. You will facilitate & support clinician led bio similar switch, maintaining patients symptoms / management, provide patient education regarding the benefits of Biosimilar drug switch whilst generating significant cost savings

You must have the ability to work independently and possess a high level of interpersonal and confident communication skills to support this specific client group whilst managing telephone advice lines / triage of incoming calls, patient referrals, interface with hospital clinicians and general practitioners to maintain excellent clinical links between the services, whilst upholding confidentiality at all times. You will be expected to contribute professionally within groups which may cross-traditional or service boundaries and possess a high level of ITC skills including e- forms, Trakcare and portal.

You are responsibly to ensure the teams TURAS and Statutory / Mandatory LearnPro training modules are consistently compliant and learning to include educational modules relevant to this specialty.

The successful candidate will have a remit across the South Sector to support the existing service where necessary. Shift pattern is variable Monday - Friday to meet service requirements. It is essential that you are currently a NMC Registered Adult Nurse. This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme.

Informal contact: Karen McGuire, Interim lead Nurse, , Karen.McGuire@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 

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