Health Protection Nurse (Tuberculosis)

We are looking for an experienced nurse to work with us in the National TB Unit, which is part of the Tuberculosis (TB), Acute Respiratory, Zoonoses, Emerging infection, and Travel health division (TARZET) in UKHSA. The TB Unit has a multidisciplinary team delivering surveillance, epidemiology, public health and clinical advice, microbiology and incident and outbreak response, and advice to government. The post holder will provide specialist expertise in nursing and public health aspects of TB care, prevention and control including supporting the delivery of the objectives of the national 'TB Action Plan 2021-2026. The post holder will provide support and advocate for a dedicated TB nursing workforce in providing high-quality person-centred care from early detection of active TB disease and latent TB infection to treatment completion as a key pillar of our strategy to bring down TB rates in this country. This is a part time post working 18.75hrs per week across Monday, Thursday, Friday. There is some flexibility which can be discussed at interview stage.,

• Provide day to day clinical response highly using specialist knowledge to health professionals
• Work in partnership with other members of the TB Unit to ensure a coordinated high-quality specialist clinical and public health service is available
• Escalate and support the management of complex TB incidents and outbreaks as appropriate
• Manage and maintain continuity for designated TB incidents and outbreaks, ensuring accurate, up to date records of contacts/action by completion of relevant records and compliance with the unit's handover procedures, in line with PHEs standards for record keeping
• Provide advice about BCG immunisation to health and allied professionals
• Lead on defined areas of work in TB workforce development activities
• Support & respond to Parliamentary Business
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the National TB surveillance system, supporting TB Nurse users
• Contribute to the use of surveillance outputs to inform and influence local and national Public Health actions, policies, and strategies.
  
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