Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist
To provide specialist rheumatology nursing care for patients with inflammatory and autoimmune musculoskeletal conditions, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centred management through clinical assessment, treatment monitoring, education, support, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Specialist assessment review monitor patients with rheumatological conditions
Provide nurse led clinics telephone advice and patient follow up
Monitor patients receiving DMARDs biologic and other specialist treatments
Identify and escalate deterioration infection adverse effects and treatment complication
Provide medication education treatment advice and self management support
Coordinate care with consultants and wider MDT
Support safe and timely initiation and monitoring of treatments
Provide advice and support during disease flare and any changes in condition
Maintain accurate clinical documentation
Contribute to audit QI and service development
Support and develop wider nursing team
Promote patient centred care improved outcomes across the rheumatology pathway
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Eve Shaw and Sandra Walker Job title: Senior Sisters Email address: eve.shaw2@nhs.net
