Triage Specialist Practitioner
4 weeks ago
Job summary
Band 6 Specialist Practitioner
Oncology & Haematology Triage Assessment Area
Cancer Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Full Time hours per week
Are you looking for opportunities to progress your career?
Are you keen to learn more and develop your clinical assessment skills?
Do you enjoy working in an acute care setting?
We are looking for a band 6 Specialist Practitioner to join our small nurse led Triage Team. Our service is available 7 days a week for Oncology and Haematology patients to contact Triage for telephone advice. The team provides expert advice to oncology and haematology patients to ensure early recognition of potential emergencies, treatment complications and the provision of a follow-up structure. Triage provides a clinical area for nursing and medical staff to assess and monitor patients prior to a decision to send the patient home or admit to a ward as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced registered nurse with excellent interpersonal and communication skills who is keen to learn and take on new clinical skills. Oncology or Haematology experience is desirable but not essential as training will be given. Telephone and video assessment skills are vital in this role so clarity of message, decision making and picking up on verbal cues are crucial. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and professional approach to the delivery of care, ensuring the best patient experience. Candidates should be excellent team players with the ability to use their own initiative and judgement to resolve issues. They should also have a tactful, sensitive manner, work well under pressure, with a flexible approach and a willingness to suggest ideas for improvements. Previous experience in an acute setting, sound clinical assessment skills, demonstrable leadership along with an ability to demonstrate compassion and a commitment to learning new skills are all essential to the role.
The successful candidate can look forward to working in a professional environment with a team that is passionate about delivering outstanding care to patients and their families.
We recommend that you contact us to find out more about this exciting role and see what we can offer you:
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
OVERALL OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this post is to provide specialist Oncological/Haematological advice and management to patients with the aim of improving patient experience and care.
This will be done by:
Providing expert telephone assessment and initiation of an initial treatment plan in response to the urgent needs of patients contacting or attending the Cancer and Haematology Centre. Directing the flow of emergency admissions into the Cancer and Haematology Centre, liaising with clinicians, ward co-ordinators and operational managers, developing and maintaining systems for emergency admissions. Working in partnership with patients providing clear information during the assessment phase to promote participation in their care planning. Providing effective support, training and education to junior staff and other colleagues in order to support the delivery of skilled, evidence based care to patients in response to local, trust and national initiatives which underpin the safe admission and discharge process. Participating in the development and review of management and prescribing protocols to identify clear processes and pathways.KEY RESULT AREAS:
CLINICAL:
Provide expert physical and telephone assessment to patients contacting or attending the Cancer and Haematology Centre with toxicities and symptoms caused by anti-cancer therapy or a consequence of their disease. Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support. Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues. Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.DEVELOPMENTAL:
Analyses and interprets patient histories, presenting symptoms,physical findings and diagnostic information to develop appropriate planning and implementation of treatment and care. Orders the appropriate clinical investigations to support the assessment and treatment of acute oncological emergencies. In close liaison with the specialist medical teams to organise appropriate diagnostic intervention and future care planning.LEADERSHIP:
Liaise closely with operational managers, ward co-ordinators and ward to effectively manage emergency patient flow into cancer services. Co-ordinate the admission of emergency admissions to an appropriate clinical setting. Co-ordinate incoming telephone referrals alerting the appropriate clinical team and adhering to the most appropriate pathway.Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Registered nurse (part 1, 8, 12 or 15 of register depending on area of practice) Postgraduate level study (HEI level 7) or demonstrable post graduate level working evidenced via a continuous professional development portfolio First level degree (HEI level 5 or 6) in nursing, midwifery or equivalent Relevant specialist post basic programme to Master's Level or equivalent Teaching / Assessment / Mentoring qualification
Desirable
Masters (HEI level 7) degree
Knowledge
Essential
Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in the speciality Knowledge of the key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice. Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
Desirable
Evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff. IT skills-
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