Rheumatology Nurse Band 6

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity currently exists within the Division of Medicine and Emergency Care for a committed and skilled individual to join the Rheumatology Team to cover maternity leave. You must be motivated and committed to providing the highest standard of nursing care. You must be able to demonstrate how you have used your clinical expertise in the delivery of nursing care. You must be flexible, assertive and confident and have the ability to confidently provide expert clinical advice in all situations.
We are looking for a highly motivated Registered Nurse who has am interest in Rheumatology Nursing, The ideal candidate will be committed to delivering direct patient care, as well as developing and expanding the service.
1.Lead a specialist area of practice, providing expert professional advice to others across the Trust within agreed guidelines and protocols, including medical colleagues and other professional groups when required.
2.Perform comprehensive specialist assessment of patients, plan, treat and evaluate care within agreed guidelines and protocols according to evidence-based practice and changing health needs.3. Communicate complex specialist information to medical colleagues and others. Refer patients to appropriate clinicians, in the Trust or externally, within agreed guidelines and protocols, according to assessment of patient need and evidence based decision.4.Prioritise patient care, supervising and allocating ones own workload, monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of care, including discharge of patients, or referring on, within agreed guidelines and protocols.5.Perform specialist clinical skills in the treatment and overall management of patient care, including requesting and interpreting investigations, within agreed guidelines and protocols.6. Provide a comprehensive specialist service, accepting accountability and responsibility for the management and effectiveness of the service on a day-to-day basis.
7.Promote patient and public involvement in the improvement of services, and involve patients and carers/relative in the planning and delivery of their care.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children’s health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
The successful candidate will treat patients on an outpatient basis and the role will include travel to our outlying site in order to facilitate the running of the outpatient clinics. You will be required to deliver treatments on an independent basis, managing your own caseload and specialty clinics. There is a patient advice phone service that will also need to be monitored on a daily basis

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