Band 8a - Lead Nurse Rheumatology Service

The Rheumatology service provides a diagnostic, wide ranging treatments and management advice service for a caseload of patients with a variety of Rheumatological conditions.

The Lead nurse will work closely with the Lead nurse for Scleroderma service, multi-disciplinary team, divisional/Trust leadership and shared care networks to plan and deliver a first-class clinical service. Including:

Act as a visible role model and expert autonomous practitioner

Provide strategic direction for Clinical Nurses Specialist team

Lead on the development, and implementation of programmes of nursing led care for individual patients and the client group as a whole

Lead training and education for nurses and allied health care professionals within the specialist area, internally and externally

Contribute to development of the department's clinical research strategy, and engage at all levels of research process

Responsibility for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led services

Lead on review and evaluate the provision of patient information & education sessions, in collaboration with the MDT

Work with the clinical team to create and enable a positive patient experience and promote staff wellbeing

Rheumatology and Scleroderma services at Royal Free London are expanding!

We are elated to be seeking a band 8 a Lead Nurse who will be at the forefront of providing and leading our patient clinical support services.

You will lead and drive the improvement of our Rheumatology services at The Royal Free Hospital.

The Rheumatology service provides nationally recognised services for long term, acute and complex rheumatological conditions e.g. inflammatory arthritis, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, Adult Onset Stills diseases and Behet's disease.

We operate a large regional and national biologic therapy service. As well as providing diagnosis, long-term condition management alongside facilitating and managing an expert clinical advice service for our patient population.

For our nationally recognised services we manage patients with complex, acute and long-term rheumatological conditions.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who already possess or will be working towards fostering the key attributes of advanced clinical practice and can implement them into every day clinical practice, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative Trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top