Haemophilia Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult) inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 24 MAY 2024

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and promote team working.
Job summary

  • To provide professional and clinical leadership and expert care in the specialty of haemophilia and related disorders and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in hospital, network and community settings.
  • To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-professional healthcare team to achieve co-ordinated specialist service.
  • To act autonomously within scope of practice, guided by current clinical protocols and research protocols and relevant investigations and procedures employed in the diagnosis and treatment of haemophilia and related disorders.
  • To be expert in the assessment and management of haemophilia and related disorders.
  • To offer an individual comprehensive service and psychological support to patients and carers respecting their diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
  • To maintain local and national databases from which to audit patients and their outcomes.
  • To work across hospital sites where this is indicated and as the needs of the service change.
  • To escalate any clinical issues to the appropriate team member.
Main duties of the job

'A highly experienced, knowledgeable and educated member of the team who is able to work autonomously making high level decisions to treat health needs'.

Working within the Haemophilia Team as a Haemophilia CNS, caring for Adult patients. This is a permanent post 15 hours per week (0.4 WTE).

The nurse will work in collaboration with other Haemophilia CNS's to support the consultants in providing patient reviews, patient and family community support, GP support, as well as establishing a robust nursing education programme.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse adult related degree or equivalent
  • Recognised Teaching qualification
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years post-qualification clinical experience
Desirable

  • Haemophilia and bleeding disorders or Haematology experience
  • Ability to develop training programmes and facilitate best practice
Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to perform venepuncture and cannulation
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and promote team working
  • Ability to identify training needs in other healthcare professionals and formulate teaching plans
Desirable

  • Ability to access and use port-a-caths and PICC lines
  • Evidence of CPD and undertaking audits / service improvement
Other

Desirable

  • Full driving license
  • Ability to deliver home treatment
Person Specification
Education and professional qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse adult related degree or equivalent
  • Recognised Teaching qualification
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years post-qualification clinical experience
Desirable

  • Haemophilia and bleeding disorders or Haematology experience
  • Ability to develop training programmes and facilitate best practice
Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to perform venepuncture and cannulation
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and promote team working
  • Ability to identify training needs in other healthcare professionals and formulate teaching plans
Desirable

  • Ability to access and use port-a-caths and PICC lines
  • Evidence of CPD and undertaking audits / service improvement
Other

Desirable

  • Full driving license
  • Ability to deliver home treatment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St Georges Hospital

London, Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

  • To provide professional and clinical leadership and expert care in the specialty of haemophilia and related disorders and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in hospital, network and community settings.
  • To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-professional healthcare team to achieve co-ordinated specialist service.
  • To act autonomously within scope of practice, guided by current clinical protocols and research protocols and relevant investigations and procedures employed in the diagnosis and treatment of haemophilia and related disorders.
  • To be expert in the assessment and management of haemophilia and related disorders.
  • To offer an individual comprehensive service and psychological support to patients and carers respecting their diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
  • To maintain local and national databases from which to audit patients and their outcomes.
  • To work across hospital sites where this is indicated and as the needs of the service change.
  • To escalate any clinical issues to the appropriate team member.
Main duties of the job

'A highly experienced, knowledgeable and educated member of the team who is able to work autonomously making high level decisions to treat health needs'.

Working within the Haemophilia Team as a Haemophilia CNS, caring for Adult patients. This is a permanent post 15 hours per week (0.4 WTE).

The nurse will work in collaboration with other Haemophilia CNS's to support the consultants in providing patient reviews, patient and family community support, GP support, as well as establishing a robust nursing education programme.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse adult related degree or equivalent
  • Recognised Teaching qualification
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years post-qualification clinical experience
Desirable

  • Haemophilia and bleeding disorders or Haematology experience
  • Ability to develop training programmes and facilitate best practice
Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to perform venepuncture and cannulation
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and promote team working
  • Ability to identify training needs in other healthcare professionals and formulate teaching plans
Desirable

  • Ability to access and use port-a-caths and PICC lines
  • Evidence of CPD and undertaking audits / service improvement
Other

Desirable

  • Full driving license
  • Ability to deliver home treatment
Person Specification
Education and professional qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse adult related degree or equivalent
  • Recognised Teaching qualification
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years post-qualification clinical experience
Desirable

  • Haemophilia and bleeding disorders or Haematology experience
  • Ability to develop training programmes and facilitate best practice
Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to perform venepuncture and cannulation
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and promote team working
  • Ability to identify training needs in other healthcare professionals and formulate teaching plans
Desirable

  • Ability to access and use port-a-caths and PICC lines
  • Evidence of CPD and undertaking audits / service improvement
Other

Desirable

  • Full driving license
  • Ability to deliver home treatment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St Georges Hospital

London, Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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