TB Practitioner
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic person looking for a diverse role to join our WSH TB service.
We are looking for someone with good interpersonal and communication skills, good organisational ability, and the ability to work on your own initiative. You will need to enjoy working in a small team and be able to prioritise your own workload and be confident in working with patients with complex and challenging needs. You will need to identify contacts requiring tracing and follow up as per national guidelines.
You will need to ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedure so the the patients under our care have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.
You will need to communicate with the wider community services and provide support and education in accordance with nationally and locally agreed guidelines.
The role will be mainly community based, working alongside our specialised TB nurse as part of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality TB care in collaboration with other services to provide a seamless service for people receiving TB treatment.
Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerri Welham Job title: Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: Kerri.Welham@wsh.nhs.uk
Lisa Tatham
Interim Service Manager
lisa.tatham@wsh.nhs.uk
