Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Registered Nurse with relevant experience in interventional radiology/neuroradiology, neuro and acute care nursing.
• Ability to work autonomously, make clinical decisions, and manage complex patient pathways.
• Strong communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
• You will be required to liaise with multiple specialities across the hospital, to ensure continuity of care for the patient throughout their journey.
• Attend ward rounds post procedure with the IR/INR clinical team
• Attend MDT's with Interventional Consultants
• Attend Consultant led clinics, undertake pre-assessment clinics and post procedure follow up.
• Provide continuity of care for patients between referring speciality and radiology and act as a point of contact for patients
• Contribute to and maintain patient records and communication
• Assist with co-ordination of care and treatment plans
• Liaison with the wider interventional multi-disciplinary team
• Education of ward staff on IR/INR procedures and after care
• Audit/research

Essential

• *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.

Essential

• *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• * Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Essential

• *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to contribute to service development
• *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement