Job summary
- Main area
- HODU
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7320046
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist Non-Malignant Haematology Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Please read the attached AI statement prior to submitting any application
Job overview
Working in conjunction and under the guidance and direction of the Senior CNS for Haematology/Oncology for the Trust, the service Matron and the Haematology Team to provide a high-quality expert nursing service for patients diagnosed with Non-Malignant Haematological conditions, ensuring the delivery of evidence based practice, better outcomes for patients and the development of services within the Trust.
Core components of the nursing role include ensuring best practice in infection prevention providing a safe environment for care and ensuring that patients are treated with dignity and respect.
The post holder is required to create an environment where patients are empowered and enable to make informed decisions about their choice of care.
Main duties of the job
● The post holder will have responsibility under direction from the Non – malignant CNS for a defined caseload, including the setting of standards of care and assessment of care needs.
● The post holder will provide with training nursing expertise for inpatients and outpatients with non-malignant haematological disorders
● Contribute and participate in the development of the service.
● With support attend and participate in meetings/case discussions as required, providing timely and appropriate communication and dissemination of information.
● Monitor effective nursing documentation kept on all nursing activities. Ensure safe custody of medical/nursing records and reports.
● Participate in ensuring that systems are in place for risk assessment and minimisation, promoting a ‘fair blame’ culture in order to report near misses and incidents.
● Communicate directly with department leaders with ideas to improve nursing practice and pathways
● Notify the Senior CNS for Haematology if clinical standards are not met.
● With training support patients using iron collation therapy and monitor iron overload and its associated complications.
● Provide telephone follow up, advice and support for patients and carers
Please refer to Job Description for more in-depth overview.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Registered Nurse (Adult branch) on part 1 of the live NMC Register
- Significant post registration experience, of which must have been at Band 6 level
- Hold a qualification in nursing
- Experience of Venous Access and Cannulation, central venous access devices.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary and multi-professional teams
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Haematology
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Willingness to undertake and successfully complete appropriate courses within a timescale as agreed by manager.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of non-malignant haematology conditions and associate treatments.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the total management related complications.
- Demonstrate an up-to-date evidence based knowledge of the National Objectives.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding and participate in research and audit.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to influence and mange change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Completion of Advanced Communication Skills to meet the needs of the post in full or willingness to undertake
- Can work autonomously
- Demonstrate Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to work autonomously
- IT Literate
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives to improve services.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessment 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
- Pat Dyminski
- Job title
- Lead CNS Haematology/Oncology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 652511
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