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Location

Headington, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse leader to join the Haematology team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Lead Specialist Nurse.

The Department of Clinical Haematology is based in the Cancer and Haematology Centre on the Churchill Hospital site and offers a tertiary-level care for blood cancers and blood disorders to patients in Oxfordshire as well as being a hub for haematology referrals from the Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network (TVSCN).

The role will encompass a clinical component, anticipated to be a 40% clinical and 60% managerial/administrative split. It is acknowledged that changes in clinical service delivery may require flexibility in this split.

The individual will lead a team of professionals/practitioners, working closely with the medical, allied health professional and other clinical and non-clinical staff, to provide a high quality, effective, efficient and person-centred service. Leadership for service development, evaluation and quality improvement, and contributing to education and research, are expected as part of the role.

If you are a dynamic and experienced Haematology nurse with a passion for leadership we would welcome your application. There are opportunities within this role for personal, professional, and academic development.

For more information, please contact Monica Jefferson, Deputy Matron, Haematology: [email protected]

The post holder will be able to;
• Provide expert clinical care, exercising professional autonomy within their field of expertise.
• Co-lead a team of professionals/practitioners to provide a high quality, effective and efficient service.
• Work collaboratively with the Deputy Matron to develop the service, promoting excellent patient care through staff specialist skills development
• Work collaboratively with referring teams to the service, promoting the specialist service whilst supporting their development and learning.
• Participate in collaborative research programme
• Raise the profile of the service at local, national and international level
• To co-lead and consult on the development and evaluation of the service in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team
• Participate in the provision of specialist education and training programmes

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

For a detailed overview of the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Key Result Areas:

Clinical Practice:
• Provide expert care for patients/clients and their care givers using the post holder’s expertise.
• Have specialist knowledge of client group across a range of clinical issues, underpinned by the theory and practice acquired through study at Masters Level.
• Act as a role model of expert nursing practice in specific client area.
• Establish, Implement and monitor trust guidelines, policies and protocols with regards to specific client group.
• Make and accept referrals to and from other disciplines.
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary reviews and assessment

Leadership and Management:
• Exercise professional and clinical leadership skills to promote best practice
• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/ guidelines/protocols relevant to specialist area and wider health care arena
• Contributes to the clinical governance process, including leading adverse incident reporting/investigation and management of complaints, where appropriate and relevant to their area of practice/expertise

Education and Training:
• To act as a visible ambassador for the Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional Practice Providing clinical expertise, evidence-based leadership, research and innovation.
• Role modelling life-long learning and relishing opportunities to share best practice.
• Ensure care and compassion is the culture for both patients and staff within your area.

Improving Quality and Developing Practice:
• Demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based practice and clinical excellence and lead staff in the implementation of such practice.
• Support and facilitate practice development, audit and project/research activity within the clinical speciality, contributing to the continuing improvement in service quality.
• Raise the profile of the Service at local, national and international level by contributing to professional and service debate, and through professional activity, publications and presentation at conferences.

This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Mar 2024

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