About this role
Job summary
The Medical Haematology Nurse Practitioner role is to provide holistic care to adults with haematology conditions, such as red cell disorders, sickle cell disease and transfusion. In addition to your speciality-specific caseload, you will share responsibility for the wider general medical haematology workload, including immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), acquired bleeding disorders, iron deficiency, polycythaemia, thrombocytosis and other benign haematology referrals. Close support will be given to develop clinical expertise, with supervision and guidance by the medical haematology consultant team.
Main duties of the job
The post involves undertaking face to face clinic review, telephone assessment, inpatient review and domiciliary visits with both routine scheduled work and ad hoc assessment according to clinical need, The individual must therefore be able to work autonomously, prioritise workload in response to service need and have good time management and organisational skills. The post holder will provide the first point of contact for all red cell disorder patients and their families, working in collaboration with the dedicated haematology emergency assessment unit (EAU).
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide specialist nursing care for adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassaemia, rare inherited anaemias, iron overload and patients requiring long-term transfusion support. They will act as the first point of contact for red cell disorder patients and their families and will work closely with the Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) in Birmingham and the dedicated haematology Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU).
Review of patients (inpatient and outpatient) through face-to-face and telephone clinics with red cell and transfusion-dependent conditions.
Undertake independent health assessment, arrange investigations and review results, arrange onward referral with timely electronic documentation and provision of clear management plans.
Instigate, alter and monitor treatment including iron chelation, red cell transfusion, hydroxycarbamide, erythropoietin, crizanlizumab where applicable, and venesection.
Assess, consent, arrange, authorise blood transfusion and manage any complications of transfusion.
Support acute management of sickle cell crises in partnership with the EAU and the in-patient haematology team, including pain management pathways and exchange transfusion coordination.
Provide specialist input to pregnancy planning and antenatal/postnatal care for women with haemoglobinopathies, in collaboration with obstetrics.
Engage with the Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) in Birmingham, regional haemoglobinopathy MDTs and the National Haemoglobinopathy Registry (NHR).
Support the transition of young people from paediatric to adult red cell services.
Provide expert advice, education and support to patients, families and other health professionals regarding the red cell cohort.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level NMC Registration Health Assessment
Desirable
Independent Prescriber Blood Component Authorisation Evidence of higher level study at Masters level
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience Essential
Experience working with patients who have inherited or long-term conditions Knowledge and experience of blood transfusion Evidence of haematology experience Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service Evidence of ability to work as part of the wider team
Desirable
Experience using intravenous access lines/ports Involvement in audit
Personal Qualities Essential
Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering their agreed objectives Reliably delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality Uses own initiative and take responsibility for actions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke
Newcastle Road
Stoke On Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)