Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Haematology. This role involves working as a specialist practitioner to effectively deliver an expert nursing service to patients with Haemoglobinopathy conditions. The successful candidate will: 

•  Manage a caseload of patients
• Ensure that patients and their parents/carers are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support
• Assist in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines
• Establish and maintain clear lines of communication within the specialty team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients
• Link with healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of children/young people in the community.

•       Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.

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Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist nursing service for children and young people with haematology specialist needs providing expert nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment.

Ensure all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made.

Assess health, health related and nursing needs of patients or clients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care for individuals and groups.

This can include:

• Making and receiving referrals;
• Ordering diagnostic tests
• Managing a patient caseload;
• Liaising over admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols;
• Prescribing medicines and treatments
• Running nurse led clinics (face
• Paediatric Apheresis service
• Conduction telephone clinics

Attend/run outpatient clinics to follow up patients and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment.

Assess and manage critical and clinical events to ensure safe and effective care.

Support and empower patients and clients, their families and other carers to influence and participate in decisions concerning their care by providing information on a range of specialist nursing care and services.

Promote children well-being and safeguarding them from harm. 

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.