Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1135
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Allergy
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 6 Allergy Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Allergy service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The post holder will be based at St Mary’s Hospital, the longest established Allergy clinic in the UK. This is a fully comprehensive, nationally commissioned Allergy service.
Working within our multidisciplinary team the post holder will be expected to support allergy outpatient clinics, support the food and drug allergy day case services and work alongside the medical and nursing team to deliver our immunotherapy service. This post will work closely with senior allergy nurses specialist and Allergy consultants within service, and will be supported to achieve the BSACI allergy nursing competencies.
Awareness of the current issues in allergy management is essential in order to provide high quality specialist nursing assessment, evidence-based intervention and self-management support for our patients. Teaching experience is also highly desirable as is the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
This is a great opportunity for any individual who has an interest in this speciality and who is willing to undertake training appropriate to the post.
We offer a comprehensive in-service training and induction programme, expect critical thinking and a commitment to self-directed learning.
Main duties of the job
- Provide safe, high quality, individualised, evidence based nursing care with the support and in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. This includes dealing with complex situations, taking appropriate action in an emergency and unforeseen situations.
- Develop the specialist clinical skills and knowledge to achieve the competences required in order to carry out all relevant duties without direct supervision.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist allergy nursing care and advice to support patients, their families and carers managing their health conditions.
- In partnership with the Allergy consultants , the allergy nursing team and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining policies, standards of nursing care and staff development.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult Field/general)
- Experience of supervision of junior staff, mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Advanced practice qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant post registration nursing experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of experience in medicines management
Desirable criteria
- Research and audit experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Be able to demonstrate knowledge of specialist patient group
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code.
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced physical assessment and history taking skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vijay Padmanaban
- Job title
- Lead Respiratory Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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