Revision Network Clinical Specialist

The post holder, an Allied Health Professional or Nurse by background, will be responsible for management of the regional revision knee network and coordinating the complex care of revision knee patients, maintaining on-going communication with patients as well as setting up patient support and counselling pathways. They will coordinate the team, including the running of MDT meetings and complex case clinics. The post holder will have the support of an administrative assistant to run the network, and be directly responsible for their management. The post-holder will need counselling and leadership skills, a knowledge of complex arthroplasty as well as wound management solutions, antibiotics and a drive to improve the care for this group of patients. Support for the post-holder will be provided by the well-established revision knee MDT at Northumbria Trust, which comprises orthopaedic revision surgeons, ID and microbiology consultants, plastic surgeons and
anaesthetic consultants., The post holder will:
· Work alongside to develop and co-ordinate the running of the Northeast and North Cumbria (NENC) Knee Revision Network
· Co-ordinate knee revision patient care, including patients with prosthetic joint infection and patients with problematic and painful knee replacements
· Co-ordinate regional multi-disciplinary team meetings, collation and dissemination of these discussions (with the support of a newly appointed administrative assistant)
· Work as a high-level practitioner with enhanced clinical skills within an interdepartmental and / or multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients within their sphere of clinical expertise receive holistic, timely and quality clinical care
· Work autonomously in conducting clinical examination, formulating a working diagnosis and providing timely treatment interventions in accordance with their scope of practice
· Monitor and lead improvements of standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, implementation of evidence-based practice, teaching and support of colleagues and the provision of professional leadership
· Lead the implementation of evidence-based practice and contribute to the development of the evidence through research, audit and collaboration with clinical or academic staff
· Contribute to clinical governance by leading quality improvement, audit and research projects, We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of the revision arthroplasty service in the North East and North Cumbria Knee Revision Network, administered by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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