Admiral Nurse

Job overview

Job Summary :

• To work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and effectively deliver an expert nursing service within the endocrine specialist area.
• To be able to manage and be responsible for a case load of endocrine patients.
• To ensure patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills and knowledge to effectively cross-cover all endocrine patient groups including Thyroid, Pituitary and Adrenal patients.
• Development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current clinical research studies.
• To work within the cohesive multidisciplinary management with other team endocrine CNS’s within specific endocrine cancer and surgical patients who are undergoing neurosurgery for endocrine problems.
• To assess patients with pituitary disease for GH replacements and autonomously run nurse led clinics including Emergency Hydrocortisone and GH clinics
• To be part and work autonomously in endocrine nurse led clinics.
• To link with other healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of people in the community.

Main duties of the job

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Clinical practice:

• To support patients with specialist needs within in the endocrine service.
• To support and c o-ordination Adrenal Vein Sampling.
• Thyroid cancer pathway management including radio-iodine treatment,
• To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals following diagnosis and through treatment.
• Running of nurse-led clinics such as Hydrocortisone Replacement Clinics, Breaking Bad News, eHNA clinics, pituitary pre-assessment clinics.
• To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients and their families.

2. Education and Research:

• To help produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards.
• To supervise and participate in the delivering of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of the patients and staff involved with patient care. .

3. Management:

• To liaise effectively with all other disciplines within the Trust.
• To meet the CNS KPIs
• To take responsibility on Patient Holistic Needs Assessments as part of the London Cancer Alliance

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Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Manage and deliver nurse led clinics providing expert care to patients with endocrine complications
  to improve day-to-day quality of life and minimise risk of future complications
• Managing and assessing patients for Hormone replacement including GH replacements running
  nurse led clinics.
• To review endocrine patients within the Programmed Investigation Unit
• Ordering diagnostic tests.
• Making to and receiving referrals from other health care providers.
• Admitting and discharging patients with specified conditions within agreed protocols.
• To attend and manage the endocrine outpatient clinics, ensuring nurse consultation with newly
  diagnosed patients.
• To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways.
• To be actively involved with the inpatient holistic care, liaising with the ward staff and PIU staff to
  ensure high quality nursing care are provided and conduct teaching sessions on the wards-Unit.
• To regularly review those clinical notes of patients requiring imminent admission, ensuring all
  assessments, diagnostic investigations and test results are up to date and in place to ensure a smooth
  admission.
• To participate in relevant for a at Directorate, Trust, Cancer Network and National, International level
  to represent the services.

Person specification

Relevant post registration qualification

Essential criteria

• An advanced practitioner either through formal qualification (Degree) and or extensive clinical experience in the area

Desirable criteria

• To have proven experience of service development

IMPORTANT

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• To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
• Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
• Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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