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Job summary

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CF CNS Clinical Co-ordinator
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 12 hours per week (Working Thursday and Fridays alternative to the current post holder)
Job ref
190-0369-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
17/06/2025

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

CF CNS Clinical Co-ordinator

NHS AfC: Band 4

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent part time Clinical Co-ordinator position in the Cystic Fibrosis OutPatient Clinical Nurse Specialist team at the Northern General Hospital. 

This role will be to work Thursday & Friday, working opposite days to the current post holder.

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, interested in working with us in this rapidly evolving speciality to co-manage the day to day clinical workload of the CF MDT. Based in the CF CNS office, you will be supporting the CF CNS team with a range of admin and clinical duties & assisting in the running of CF clinics.  You will be involved in communication with our patients organising annual review appointments & dealing with patient queries, directing them to the appropriate member of the MDT.  As a team we are focused on improving our service and patient experience, and the clinical co-ordinator plays a key role in co-ordinating our service improvement work.

All clinical training will be given - this includes spirometry, venepuncture, & ECG.

 

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the CNS team to coordinate and facilitate Multidisciplinary Team working across the Adult CF pathway to ensure the provision of high quality patient service in both the outpatient and inpatient setting.

Co-ordinate care and support by providing a single point of contact for patients & staff.

Triage calls from patients & their carers, & direct to appropriate member of MDT.

To assist nursing team with clinical skills and procedures, i.e. Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG and Spirometry – full training will be given.

Maintain high Risk register, disseminating updates to appropriate members of Multidisciplinary team, and liaising with patients and the wider MDT

Organise and arrange weekly service improvement meeting. 

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

GRaDE Care Group is comprised of 3 clinical directorates:

Diabetes and Endocrinology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Respiratory Medicine

All three directorates operate on the Northern and Central campus’ although the acute admitting base for all of the specialties is at the Northern General Hospital. The Care Group has 11 acute base wards at the Northern General Hospital and one acute and one elective base ward at the Central Campus. Outpatient services operate on both campus’ and are supported by the Patient Booking Hub at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent experience/ qualifications which would include Key Skills Level 1 at English and Maths)
  • Experience in the use of IT systems for management of Adult Patients including Lorenzo, EDMS.
Desirable criteria
  • Additional training in the field of Adult Cystic Fibrosis.
  • Service Improvement training.
  • NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care.
  • Technical Skills in venepuncture and ECG
  • Spirometry.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant Clinical Co- Ordinator or Equivalent Administration experience at Band 2/3
  • Ability to work autonomously and manage own workload.
  • Experience and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in managing change within an MDT setting.
  • Experience of database management.
  • Service Improvement Training and experience.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent effective communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anna Philipose
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2715811
Additional information

Suzanne Young

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 07445861162

 

 

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