Clinical Nurse Specialist

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary:
Starting from £59,755 (depending upon experience)

Hours:
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Location:
33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW

Contract:
Permanent, full time

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) with experience in Orthopaedics to join our team.

This is a Monday-Friday role with the following shift patterns:

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Flexibility is required for this role, with some shifts starting as early as 07:00 and others finishing as late as 18:00 depending on clinics.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a highly visible role model to all the nurses within the team and provides clinical expertise, addresses patients' health concerns and works to promote their health and wellbeing. Using their skills and expertise within their specialty, the CNS provides physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinates their care services, and informs and advises them on clinical and practical issues associated with their condition.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, 'Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve', assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

What will your duties include?

• An experienced orthopaedic Senior Nurse/CNS required to support peri-operative care for a busy and leading consultant knee surgeon and working alongside another CNS.
• The role will include pre- assessment optimisation - answering patient queries, pre-operative patient education, counselling and pre-assessment medical optimisation. Problem solving, liaising with other multi-disciplinary specialists intra-operatively
• Facilitate the development and implementation of protocols for post-operative care, and use clinical judgement when deviation from protocols is indicated.
• Act as a 'key worker' for a clinical caseload, throughout the patient journey working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients and caregivers.
• Provides clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across service boundaries.

What we need from you?

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• Post graduate qualification within speciality required.
• Recognised mentoring qualification required.
• Substantial experience working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist experience required with demonstrable clinical expertise within the speciality.
• Experienced senior orthopaedic nurse is essential.
• Nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required.

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our "Patients First" philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email

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Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

"Let's deliver World Class care together"

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.