Trainee Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

This post is a 12 month Fixed Term development opportunity for the successful applicant to further enhance their skills within our  team in the Non Specific Rapid Diagnostics Service.

As the successful candidate you will learn

To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients referred to the team for investigations. To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team. To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment. To deliver expert specialist evidence-based care including development, assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence based care for a defined caseload. To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings. To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues

The NSRDS Team core hours are Monday - Friday 8am until 4pm (excluding bank holidays).

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body 2. To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner. 3. To provide and maintain a diagnostic service for the Trust. Ensure clinician-led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients. 4. To provide teaching as an in-house measure to all medical and clinical staff, not only within the Care Group but also from other services. 5. To provide a clinician-led clinic service to patients.  6. To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of this treatment to community services as necessary.. 7. To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available  throughout the patient’s journey. 8. To refer on to other agencies as appropriate. 9. To operate as clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified area of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation. 10. To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed. To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team. To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment. To deliver expert specialist evidence-based care including development, assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence based care for a defined caseload. To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.