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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Oxford Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre (OHTC), a designated comprehensive care centre caring for adults and children with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and friendly nurse to join our team. You will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team and be committed to high standards of care. Whilst previous haematology experience is desirable, we encourage you to apply if you have experience of caring for people with long-term conditions and are keen to progress in a specialist nursing role.
The Haemophilia service operates between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, and there may be the opportunity for compressed hours (over 4 days) where the service allows.
Please contact Amy Conquergood ) to arrange an informal visit, and/or to chat about the position.
The specialist nurse will
- Use specialist knowledge to provide high quality and efficient care for patients with a variety of bleeding disorders, in conjunction with the expert multidisciplinary team.
- Be a point of contact for patients and their families/carers and provide information, education and support from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review..
- Communicate with patients and their families/carers in ways that empower them to make informed choices.
- Make autonomous clinical decisions in relation to patient assessment, care planning and review.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other healthcare professionals, offering advice and support and utilise sound clinical reasoning skills to refer to another specialist/colleague as required.
- Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, demonstrating a high standard of verbal and written communication skills with the ability to express professional views within group settings.
- Coordinate clinical and support services to provide a seamless and expert nursing service.
- Demonstrate effective prioritisation of workload and time management when lone working or as part of a team.
- Deliver educational programmes for staff and students within OUH, and other key stakeholders.
- Contribute to the on-going development of the haemophilia service.
The specialist nurse is responsible, with minimal supervision, for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care provided for patients with haemophilia and inherited bleeding disorders. This may be face to face, virtual or by telephone and is mainly out-patient based, within OHTC, as well as providing outreach to in-patient care services across all OUH trust sites. To ensure a continuity of care there is also an expectation to support management of care episodes in other settings, such as district general hospitals and on occasion visiting patients in their own home.
For a full overview of the role and responsibilities, including the person specification, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Oxford Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre (OHTC), a designated comprehensive care centre caring for adults and children with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and friendly nurse to join our team. You will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team and be committed to high standards of care. Whilst previous haematology experience is desirable, we encourage you to apply if you have experience of caring for people with long-term conditions and are keen to progress in a specialist nursing role.
The Haemophilia service operates between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, and there may be the opportunity for compressed hours (over 4 days) where the service allows.
Please contact Amy Conquergood ) to arrange an informal visit, and/or to chat about the position.
The specialist nurse will
- Use specialist knowledge to provide high quality and efficient care for patients with a variety of bleeding disorders, in conjunction with the expert multidisciplinary team.
- Be a point of contact for patients and their families/carers and provide information, education and support from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review..
- Communicate with patients and their families/carers in ways that empower them to make informed choices.
- Make autonomous clinical decisions in relation to patient assessment, care planning and review.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other healthcare professionals, offering advice and support and utilise sound clinical reasoning skills to refer to another specialist/colleague as required.
- Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, demonstrating a high standard of verbal and written communication skills with the ability to express professional views within group settings.
- Coordinate clinical and support services to provide a seamless and expert nursing service.
- Demonstrate effective prioritisation of workload and time management when lone working or as part of a team.
- Deliver educational programmes for staff and students within OUH, and other key stakeholders.
- Contribute to the on-going development of the haemophilia service.
About us
The specialist nurse is responsible, with minimal supervision, for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care provided for patients with haemophilia and inherited bleeding disorders. This may be face to face, virtual or by telephone and is mainly out-patient based, within OHTC, as well as providing outreach to in-patient care services across all OUH trust sites. To ensure a continuity of care there is also an expectation to support management of care episodes in other settings, such as district general hospitals and on occasion visiting patients in their own home.
For a full overview of the role and responsibilities, including the person specification, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
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