Community TB Nurse

Main area TB Nursing Team Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm) Job ref

Employer City Health Care Partnership CIC Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site TB Nursing Service, Newington Health Centre Town Hull Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa/pr Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/ :59

Community TB Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

This is a great opportunity to build skills in specialist nursing while supporting people affected by tuberculosis to improve their health and wellbeing.

You’ll join a dedicated Tuberculosis (TB) Nursing Team that provides high-quality, person-centred care. The service supports people with active TB and latent TB infection, helping to reduce the impact of TB on individuals, families and communities. You’ll work alongside experienced Specialist TB Nurses and a range of health and care professionals, gaining valuable experience in clinical care, public health and health promotion.

Main duties of the job

What you’ll do:

• Support patients with active TB and latent TB infection throughout their care journey
• Help deliver screening, contact tracing and infection prevention activities
• Encourage treatment adherence and provide practical and emotional support
• Work closely with patients, families, interpreters and partner organisations
• Contribute to a responsive, inclusive service that improves health outcomes

What we’re looking for:

• A Registered Nurse with a compassionate and person-centred approach
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusting relationships
• Someone who works well within a multidisciplinary team
• Good organisation skills and the ability to manage a varied workload
• An interest in developing specialist knowledge, with support and training provided

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and value the ideas, perspectives and contributions that help us provide inclusive, respectful care for the communities we serve.

Working for our organisation

At CHCP, we’re passionate aboutpeople and we know that you are too, that’s why we’re here isn’t it? We recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.

Work with us and you’ll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders and their thoughts and opinions are always heard;at CHCP you have a real voice.

Compassion is at the heart of our business; we’re a team of nearly 2,500 colleagues who work together to deliverfirst-class healthcare to thousands of people living in Hull, the East Riding, Knowsley and St Helens. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that’s why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we’ll support you to thrive.

As the 13 th largest social enterprise in the UK, we’re pioneering the move towards independent service delivery. Join us on our journey and help us make history.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for more information.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development/Portfolio

Knowledge

• Current legislation and impact on nursing services.
• Evidence based practice
• Understanding of audit processes, Key Performance Indicators and Targets, CQUIN collection data and Quality Monitoring Programmes
• Integrated Team working
• Mentorship or evidence of supervision/teaching/team management
• To demonstrate an understanding of proactive caseload management.
• Understanding of research methodology and audit
• To have an understanding of the principles of restorative practice

Experience

• Experience within Primary/Secondary Care at Band 5 or equivalent
• Developing and leading practitioners to deliver client responsive services delivering high quality nursing skills and care
• Experience of initiating and implementing clinical or professional change and evaluation of practice
• Experience in using IT in clinical practice
• Experience in planning and providing care to patient with Infectious diseases
• Experience of proactive caseload management and the ability to act as a care coordinator.
• Experience of collaborative working across organisation both statutory and voluntary services

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) is an independent, co-owned Community Interest Company providing high quality local health and care services at several sites across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Knowsley and St Helens.

Commissioned by the NHS and local authorities, we are a socially responsible business. Our profits are re-invested into our services, our staff, and the communities we work in. We employ nearly 2,500 people and have over 1.7 million patient contacts each year across more than 50 different services.

Our vision is to lead and inspire through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all that we do, and we are looking for exceptional people to work with us to provide the highest possible care to the people who use our services.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. Should you have started the application at this point and require additional time to complete it, please contact us for support.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to support the preparation of your application. However, all information submitted must be truthful, accurate and drawn from your own experience. Applications appearing to contain plagiarised, misleading or misrepresented content, including AI-generated content presented as personal experience or fully AI generated applications, may be withdrawn from the recruitment process.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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