Clinical Nurse Specialist - Clinical Haematology

NHS Scotland ,
Glasgow, City of Glasgow

Overview

Job Description

You will use clinical expertise, leadership and management skills to ensure co-ordination of the care of patients with a Haemato-oncology malignancy, providing a seamless service for patients and their families. In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, which includes medical staff, and prescribing pharmacist, will develop a model of care to provide support, assessment and education for this group of patients. This will include nurse led clinics and prescribing of systemic therapies using established protocols. As a registered nurse who has acquired additional specialist knowledge and experience you will have completed, or demonstrated the ability to complete all relevant courses and competencies. You will aim to have the expert skills and competencies required to manage a caseload within agreed boundaries and protocols in line with clinical governance, entwined around this clinical core are ties of consultancy, teaching, management and research and its application. It is essential that you are currently a Registered Nurse with the NMC and that you have substantial experience in a cancer nursing role. The shift pattern for this post is 5 days over 7. Informal Contact: Alyson McArdle, Lead Nurse, Clinical Haematology, Tel No: 0141 301 7315 Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .