Haemophilia Clinical Nurse Specialist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Haemophilia Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 days ago, 9 Nov | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 71893d6a1df84ae18dd42a07240a1724

Full Job Description

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., 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.

    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.

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
  • Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

    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.

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