Band 8a Lead Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse, with a Haematology background, to join the Cancer and Clinical support division at BHRUT. The Lead Haematology Nurse will directly line manage a team whilst role modelling high standards of clinical practice and be responsible for ensuring Patients receive high-quality care across the Haematology Cancer pathway., You will work closely with the Haematology consultant body and MDT to ensure patients are supported through their treatment pathway and work across both the inpatient and outpatient setting. The ideal candidate will have experience as a Haematology CNS/ANP as well as evidence of advanced clinical practice and ability to carry out bone marrow sampling or work towards as a desirable. The Lead CNS will be a driver of change and look for new ways of working to align pathways and processes against the NHS Cancer Plan and ensure patients are receiving holistic support across the pathway including TYA., The post holder will be a Senior member of the haematology team with specific responsibility to provide patient care for myeloproliferative diseases and other haematological conditions, including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia. They will work in an advanced and leadership capacity role, leading and developing nursing practice for patients and colleagues within the haematology department. The role has line management responsibilities for the haematology CNS team including support worker and the post holder will expected to manage performance, education and development alongside service improvements to meet the demands of the service.

The post holder will play a pivotal role in leading clinical practice and provide expert advice and support for all patients with haematological conditions. The post holder will improve standards of care and promote and seamless service within the multi-professional framework. This will be achieved through clinical practice, management, education, research, audit and professional activities taking into account NICE guidelines, directorate and corporate objectives, all within the clinical governance framework. Working as part of the haematology team, the post holder will be involved in the continued development of haematological services across the trust, developing nurse led services and contributing to the personalised care agenda.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.