Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Haemoglobinopathy Specialist Nurse (adults)
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Role Overview
You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. The Northampton Specialist haemoglobinopathy team currently incorporates Northampton and Kettering, flexibility is required across the two main hospital sites.
This post will require the post holder to primarily base at Kettering.
The Post Holder Will
- Provide specialist nursing support ensuring the quality of care provision to adults who have Haemoglobinopathy disorders using unit protocols and trust policies and guidelines.
- Work with the multi-professional team to provide patient-focused Haemoglobinopathy services, and to initiate different forms of treatment for adults and their families in a variety of settings.
- Work with the multi-professional team in Haemoglobinopathy services.
- Create and provide specialist education, training, and information to patients and families.
- Work with the multi-professional team to monitor patient condition.
- Be responsible for nursing practice development.
Will work alongside the Matron for Haemoglobinopathies to ensure the service is delivered in line with the service specification and within the remit of the allocated budget, which will vary depending on the numbers of patients treated.
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Recognise the importance of utilisation of resources is paramount and ensure maximal use of those available to enable the delivery of the highest standards of care.
Be expected to focus on specialist education and training to all members of the multidisciplinary team within the service. Creating and facilitating training programmes.
The post holder will be a key member of the team to ensure the implementation of the specialist service specification for Haemoglobinopathy.
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About the Employer
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery, and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services, and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
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Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Sarah Coughlan
- Job title: Matron (interim)
- Email address: sarah.coughlan4@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01604 545335
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