Senior Nurses Rheumatology, Band 6

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To Provide high quality patient care, assessing and treating patients in an outpatient setting whilst maintaining standards in accordance with the professional boundaries. To work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team developing and implementing treatment plans for patients To provide a highly specialist service to patients with chronic rheumatological conditions requiring higher level of judgement and decision making To act as a resource to patient’s, carers and other healthcare professionals providing leadership, standard setting guidelines and policies To manage a defined caseload To respond to our advice line queries, referring patients onto other members of the multidisciplinary team as required Interpret and act upon blood results relating to rheumatological diseases in particular for drug monitoring purposes Manage a caseload of countywide outpatients through clinic attendances, including the administrative activities including dictating letters, and requesting follow up appointments To see and treat patients ensuring the protocols, policies and procedures are adhered to in accordance with organisational and national targets. Undertake specialist rheumatology assessment such as joint examination and baseline//ongoing assessments of patients on biologic treatments and other DMARDs Please see attached Job description for further detail

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