Opportunity to work in one of the largest Prosthetic Services in the UK, gaining exposure to a diverse patient population.
Leadership role that allows for the development and growth of a multidisciplinary team, enhancing collaborative practice.
Ability to influence service improvements at both local and regional levels, impacting the care provided to amputees.
Support for continuous professional development, encouraging nurses to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Engagement with evidence-based practice, fostering a culture of learning and innovation in service delivery.
A patient-centred approach, ensuring that care is tailored to the unique needs of each individual, promoting better outcomes.
Flexible working patterns that allow for a better work-life balance while contributing to a vital healthcare service.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a part-time (0.4 WTE), Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist for its renowned Prosthetic Service. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to provide specialized nursing care and support to patients, including adults and children who are amputees. The successful candidate will manage a defined caseload, oversee the development and evaluation of care programs, and contribute to service growth and clinical education. They are expected to demonstrate leadership in delivering high-quality care, promote interdisciplinary collaboration, and support both staff and patient education.
Key responsibilities include providing expert clinical guidance, supervising and mentoring junior staff, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, innovative, and committed to personal and professional development, aligning with the trust's values of patient-centered care, collaboration, and accountability. The position offers a competitive salary and emphasises a commitment to continuous service improvement and education within the Prosthetic Service.
Opportunity to work in one of the largest Prosthetic Services in the UK, gaining exposure to a diverse patient population.
Leadership role that allows for the development and growth of a multidisciplinary team, enhancing collaborative practice.
Ability to influence service improvements at both local and regional levels, impacting the care provided to amputees.
Support for continuous professional development, encouraging nurses to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Engagement with evidence-based practice, fostering a culture of learning and innovation in service delivery.
A patient-centred approach, ensuring that care is tailored to the unique needs of each individual, promoting better outcomes.
Flexible working patterns that allow for a better work-life balance while contributing to a vital healthcare service.
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen, for a 0.4 WTE, band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Prosthetic Service.
The regional Prosthetic Service is one of the largest in the UK and has a full complement of highly skilled consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, prosthetist, healthcare assistants and prosthetics technicians who specialise in the treatment of adults and children amputees.
The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge of this core key nursing skills to ensure they have the ability to work effectively and independently within this multidisciplinary team.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate leadership skills to assist in the development and growth of this established team providing clinical wound management, knowledge of long term conditions, training and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff and also be able to influence service improvement at local and regional levels.
We are looking for a highly motivated nurse, who is innovative with a commitment to excellence and seeks to promote an environment of growth that incorporates, service development, service education, audit and research.
The job holder will be responsible for their own continuous, personal and professional development and will be expected to follow the Leeds way values of the organisation.
Main duties of the job
The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.
The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.
The job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole service working. As a role model they will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staff groups, patients and families/carers.
About Us
The Specialist Rehabilitation Service includes the Regional Prosthetic Service, Leeds Wheelchair Service and Leeds Orthotic Service, all part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT). Our valuesPatient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, and Empoweredare integral to how we work and make us distinct from other trusts.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Date posted
24 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9298-ATH-370
Job locations
Seacroft Hospital
York Road
Leeds
LS14 6UH
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Leadership
Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care.
Support staff to provide efficient, effective, safe and quality care to patients as an expert practitioner.
Deliver a positive patient experience.
Support in the delivery of an effective, evidence based, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope.
Provide support to the clinical teams to develop new ways of working.
Provide effective leadership in the development of staff at all levels.
Responsible for the day to day supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.
Motivate staff in the delivery of quality patient care.
Contribute to the recruitment and selection process.
Contribute to Nursing and Midwifery objectives and service improvement.
Supervise clinical delivery of care competencies.
Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available.
Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.
Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with team manager.
Under the direction of the Team Manager participates in or lead the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CSU and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals business plans.
Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.
Contribute to and implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate.
Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.
Clinical
Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, support and guidance.
Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care.
Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols.
Organises own clinical workload.
Undertake duties on wards or departments as and when requir