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Job summary

Main area
ENT
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 32 hours per week
Job ref
164-6428479
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queens Medical Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

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ENT Clinical Nurse Practitioner Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for Lead ENT CNP  within the ENT Outpatients and the ENT emergency pathway. The successful candidate will join a well-established enthusiastic, friendly multidisciplinary and multi professional team.  There is a highly motivated group of band 6 nurses who have completed nurse –led packages to manage epistaxis, otitis externa, performing nasoendoscopy and tonsillitis. Some have also completed training to request scans and prescribe. This development in competencies has been overseen by mentorship from the ENT consultant body and ENT Outpatient team.

Main duties of the job

A significant part of this role  is about building quality assurance to allow more clinical autonomy as well as to lead some of the training elements for the roles through nurse-led education programs in conjunction with Consultant colleagues. 

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! 

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert. 

Alongside the whole Nurse Practitioner Team, to lead a specialist nursing service, maintaining and developing a high quality service

To take overall responsibility for the care of a caseload/list of patients requiring specialist nursing knowledge and care, particularly within the Emergency Pathway

Emergency Care Co-ordination:

Rapid review and support of ENT patients in assessment areas (Surgical Triage Unit and ED)

Generate and agree appropriate care pathway for patients in conjunction with the ENT on call team

Be a point of contact, and support co-ordination of the Surgery Division ‘SDEC’ area

Be accessible and a point of contact for the ward teams for information, advice and support- to include provision of plans of care.

Ensure plans of care made on reviews of acute ENT patients are followed through- including ordering investigations and reviewing results whilst in the Emergency pathway

Once trained, carry out procedures such treating epistaxis, otitis externa, tonsillitis and any further agreed nurse-led procedures.

Ensure regular review of nurse-led packages, updating as necessary and providing quality assurance of their responsibilities within the pathway

Provision of training for band 6 ENT clinical nurse practitioners

Maintain managerial responsibility for the band 6 ENT clinical nurse practitioners

 

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC registered
  • Nursing /or health related Degree
  • Non-medical prescribing Qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Masters’ Degree
  • Formal leadership and management training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post-registration experience, at Band 6
  • Relevant experience clinical setting (e.g. ENT , Head and Neck setting)
  • Leadership and management experience
Desirable criteria
  • ENT or relevant care experience
  • Experience of setting up and developing a new service

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of teaching and assessment skills.
  • Able to present relevant clinical information to a multi-professional audience.
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to interpret, analyse and act upon complex clinical and non-clinical information
  • Able to independently assess and interpret signs and symptoms and to take appropriate action within the remit of professional practice
  • Evidence of data collection, evaluation and analysis
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of writing audit / research reports for a multi – professional audience

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to organise and prioritise own workload, and provide clinical leadership to the health care team.
  • Ability to lead and introduce change to improve the service to the patient.
  • Knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues affecting management and treatment of patients with ENT/ Head and Neck patients.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leading local projects
  • Demonstrate effective resource management

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • Up to date with all mandatory training
  • competent in Manual handling
Desirable criteria
  • Flexible in working hours as required by the clinical area

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderadded for NUHArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badge

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Miriam Mutize
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07976190103
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