Infectious Diseases Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Are you looking for a challenge and an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within the speciality of Infectious Disease under IDAR clinic.

LNWH is looking for one enthusiastic and motivated band 6 nurses to join our Infectious Diseases Assessment Service

1x Band 6 IDAR Nurse

The successful candidate will join an experienced multidisciplinary team, and contribute to the provision of specialised care within the department of Infectious Diseases.

The successful applicants will require post registration experience ideally within infectious diseases, however this is a great opportunity for individuals coming from an acute care background to develop new skills.

We are looking for individuals who have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, and a genuine passion for delivering quality healthcare within the arena of Infectious Diseases.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist clinical practice skills in the management, diagnosis and treatment of individuals with infectious and tropical diseases.

To identify patient care pathways and to work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist to ensure appropriate nursing support for patients with infectious diseases.

To provide specialist knowledge and to act as a resource for the generic nursing workforce.

To work both under supervision and autonomously and foster effective relationships with others across and within professional boundaries.

in addition, other key responsibilities include:

• Establish and maintain effective communication with all members of the MDT including consultants and outside agencies.
• Ensure good communication verbally and via formal documentation and electronic sources with all members of the nursing, multidisciplinary team. This to be within the trust, PCT, patients, relatives, external agencies such as immigration department, public health, social services, GPs, practice nurses, nursing homes, community nurse specialists.
• To be responsible for the management of own case load and work within an MDT across all directorates and departments within the trust
• To be responsible for the assessment and case management of individual patients and to provide their care needs, implement and evaluate care plans and ensuring high standard of evidence-based care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.