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Expected Shortlisting Date:
09/04/2025
Planned Interview Date:
16/04/2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the HIV outpatients Department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and motivated nurse to work alongside a team of professionals dedicated to the delivery of HIV services. The job role will be 5 days a week (Monday-Friday) with the potential to run an early morning / late evening clinic session within those days.
This is an opportunity to be part of a team that delivers the highest standards of care to this group of patients both in and out of a hospital setting.
The purpose of this role is to act as a professional resource to people with HIV, their families and carers and other health care professionals.
The appointee will manage a caseload of patients and provide education and advice in all aspects of HIV infection.
A commitment to personal professional development is essential with the promise from the managing team that we are dedicated to developing our workforce.
If you would like to discuss this role further or arrange a visit please contact team leader Anna-Luisa Sinonini
To act as a clinical resource within the HIV Outpatient Department
To work within a multi-disciplinary team in the development and delivery of the highest level of clinical practice within the HIV Service.
To travel to our spoke sites in Dewsbury and Wakefield where we provide HIV clinics on a weekly basis.
To act as a positive role model and as a source of expertise and knowledge to patients, carers and health care professionals
To demonstrate the Leeds Way Values of patient centered, fair, collaborative, accountable, empowered
To provide nursing expertise and contribute to the development of the specialty service and strategic direction of nursing within the Trust.
To be self-motivated, have the ability to prioritise and work autonomously. Teaching and assessing skills are essential.
To undertake the non-medical prescribing qualification if you havent already got it.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of Leeds Teaching Hospitals professional commitment and have a willingness to develop your scope of practice. We need enthusiastic individuals to support the HIV Management team, to ensure expert high quality care is delivered. If youve got compassion, energy and a genuine dedication to patient care, then wed like you to apply.
In return we offer continual learning, training and development opportunities to enhance and develop your skills and knowledge.
About us
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.
3. ORGANISATIONAL CHART
4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
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 required by service demands or patient need.
Supervise clinical staff to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards.
Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.
Act in accordance with the relevant professional code i.e. NMC,
Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
Ensure and promote the maintenance of a safe, clean and secure working environment.
Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) safeguarding policies.
Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.
Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.
Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.
Communication
Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the LTHT documentation.
Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.
Deliver complex information to patients and staff.
Liaise with external health providers and other agencies (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery.
Quality Improvement & Research
Improve the quality and safety of our services by being proactive in promoting and supporting the Leeds Improvement Method.
Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required.
Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.
Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.
Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area.
Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.
Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance.
Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.
Work closely with Research and Innovation to promote research , disseminate outcomes and findings to support evidence based practice.
Education and Training
Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff
Participate in own and others appraisals and in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.
Undertake role specific training and competencies.
Provide education and training to patients and their carers.
Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty.
Collaborate with other members of the team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision of education and training is clear and robust.
Mentorship and supervision of junior staff.
Support staff to deliver evidence based practice and research activities to further enhance patient care.
Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales
This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments
5. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care
Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the specialty area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others within the team.
6. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
7. INFECTION CONTROL
The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
8. HEALTH AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT
All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system
9. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
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