Job summary
As part of the London Sickle Cell improvement programme, we are looking for a passionate, and caring Community Haemoglobinopathy Matron to work jointly with our specialist teams and community services, in serving our sickle cell and thalassaemia population across our boroughs.Do you think you can make a difference, improve service provision, and address health inequalities with an emphasis on prevention and health promotion and therefore improving our health outcomes for our service users?This is an amazing opportunity for you to showcase your skills and to support the provision of specialist/non-specialist haemoglobinopathy services in our community.In conjunction with the haemoglobinopathies teams across North Central London, the post holder will contribute to the delivery and ongoing development of a high-quality specialist haemoglobinopathies service in the community. The post holder will provide care to people with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia in the home and in the hospital when required to improve standards and equity of care.
Main duties of the job
In conjunction with the haemoglobinopathies leads across North Central London, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery, management and ongoing development of a high-quality specialist sickle cell and thalassemia service in the community. The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership and practice at an advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision making in the community.
Key deliverables will include:
- Responsibility for the quality of care delivered within the Community Red Cell Service and for demonstrating quality standards applied.
- To be a source of expert advice on Haemoglobinopathies to health care and other professionals working with affected people and their families.
- Develop and plan a training strategy for other health care professionals.
- Participate in Regional and National working groups on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia.
- Provision of health education and guidance on self-management to prevent exacerbation of patient's condition to reduce incidences of acute episodes requiring admission to secondary care.
- Enhancing compliance with preventative actions such as vaccinations and prophylactic medications
- Addressing social and lifestyle factors which impact on condition management and overall quality of life and directing to appropriate local resources.
- Building trust with patients
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Empower patients and carers by providing health education enabling informed decisions about their care.
- Enhance compliance with preventative actions such as vaccinations and prophylactic medications.
- Provide guidance on self-management to prevent exacerbation of patients condition to reduce incidences of acute episodes requiring admission to secondary care.
- Address social and lifestyle factors which impact on condition management and overall quality of life, directing to appropriate local support services and external agencies.
- Act as a patient advocate through the application of ethical, legal, and professional knowledge and skills, considering the multicultural needs of the patient by identifying demographic factors that influence health care needs of this patient group.
- Provide targeted support to high-intensity users of secondary care including directing patients into existing NCL programmes for frequent ED attenders.
- Pre-contact with patients to reduce DNA rates to hospital.
- Promote and enable implementation of individual care plans for patients in all settings.
- Advise on appropriate drug management at home, including dosages and information on non-pharmacological management techniques. Follow up on a regular basis to monitor effectiveness of the regimen and compliance.
- Where relevant, utilise advanced prescribing skills within the guidance from NMC and Trust.
- Provide in-reach service to secondary care.
- Implementation of a patient outreach health education group programme, and organisation of patient led education sessions.
- Promote good clinical practice in line with evidence-based guidelines and policies.
- Work closely with haematologists, ward sisters and nurses to initiate timely early discharge planning and facilitate community services for early discharges.
- Support and lead nurse led clinics, telephone, or face to face, interpreting results, taking appropriate action, and feeding back into MDT meetings and reviews.
- Lead on community MDT discussions within the department and with other specialities.
- Participate in specialist on-call/ advice line rota.
- Support Virtual Ward programmes providing specialist assessment and advice.
- Highly developed clinical skills, with great accuracy, with high degree of precision e.g. blood transfusion, intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusions, insertion of catheters, remove of sutures/undertakes suturing, endoscopies.
- To ensure nursing practice is in accordance with the NMC code of conduct.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- o First level Registered Adult Nurse (with the NMC) o Master's level education or equivalent experience o Specialist qualification or course in haemoglobinopathies o Leadership or mentorship course o Understanding of integrated care
Skills and abilities
Essential
- o Able to manage competing demands and priorities in a changing, complex environment and is personally resilient. o Able to critically analyse services and systems. Competent IT skills including Microsoft Office apps (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience
Essential
- Experience at band 7 or above in a related speciality o Experience of acute sickle cell crisis management o Experience in pain management o Evidence of management of change, clinical leadership, and development of services o Experience of working in the community o Experience participating in audits and clinical research. Experience of multiagency working
Desirable
- Experience managing patients with red cell disorders in the community
Personal qualities
Essential
- Personal qualitieso Approachable and open o Management skills including experience of team leadership and team building initiatives. o Able to manage staff recruitment, appraisal, and performance management.
Communication
Essential
- o Excellent interdisciplinary communication skills and ability to facilitate collaborative multidisciplinary working relationships. o Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to adapt to effectively manage complex and sensitive situations
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
Essential
- o Ability to travel independently to all sites across NCL. o A flexible approach to service delivery with ability to work evenings and weekends on occasions where required
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Marsh Centre, St Anns Hospital,
St Ann’s Road, London
N15 3TH