# TB Outreach Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26.3 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16T08:31:02.061Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/TB_Nurses/TB_Nurses-v8159681
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8159681?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated nurse to join the TB  team  at Whipps Cross Hospital, to provide expert nursing care and clinical leadership. A  passion to work with our more vulnerable and underserved patients is vital.  The role will involve working across both clinic and community.

We are a small team working in collaboration with the respiratory, ID and paediatric teams as well as the wider Barts TB teams and the Queen Mary and Barts Health TB centre.

Managing a defined case load of patients with active/latent TB.

Overseeing  the management of patients with complex social needs.

Collaborative working with partnership agencies

Undertaking nurse led clinics including contact and latent TB screening.

Supporting and developing junior staff

Service development/innovation

### Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Tuberculosis (TB) nursing team to provide and accessible and responsive high-quality TB nursing service within Barts Health NHS trust.

To facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients (adults and children), their contacts and the wider community in collaboration with the multi professional team and with other agencies, in accordance with national guidelines and locally agreed policies.

To act as a specialist role model in the delivery of expert, patient centred nursing care and advice as a case manager for own caseload of patients being treated for TB and latent TB.

To lead on the management of complex TB patients with an emphasis on the underserved population, developing effective partnerships with allied services.

To develop clinical leadership skills, to lead the TB team at Whipps Cross Hospital

Demonstrate highly developed and advanced specialist TB knowledge and skills through innovative practice leading to the development of increasing levels of autonomy.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Visible and approachable
- Willingness to travel and work flexibly including some unsocial hours
- Positive attitude toward to change
- Able to work with key stakeholders and promote effective working relationships

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to prioritize own workload to pressure and meet deadlines
- Teaching and presentation skills Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to be self- directed but also participate as a team member

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Sound knowledge of current nursing and health care issues Awareness of key challenges in TB nursing/TB control in UK

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of working within TB related services
- Extensive post graduate experience of working with vulnerable adults or children, i.e homelessness, substance misuse, mental health.
- Experience of staff line management
- Multi Professional Working

**Desirable**

- Staff recruitment/retention

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- First Level Registered Nurse Diploma/First Level Degree
- Post Graduate degree or willingness to undertake/equivalent experience
- Teaching/Mentoring course

**Desirable**

- Nurse prescriber/Assessment and history taking qualification
- Specialist TB nursing course
- Paediatric qualification/experience

## Documents

- [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460308)
- [job description (pdf, 292.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460307)
- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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