Hepatology Testing and Treatment Coordinator - Band 4
Job summary
TheHepatitis C Team has an exciting opportunity for a Hepatology Testing and treatment Coordinator to join our team.
Reporting to Hepatitis C Lead Nurse, the post holder will be responsible for identification and engagement of individuals and/or groups who would benefit from HCV testing and/or curative treatment for the Hepatitis C Operational Delivery Network (ODN) across Lincolnshire.
Projects include HCV testing and treatment projects across community, outreach and health and justice settings, primary care and drug and alcohol treatment services.
The post holder will also coordinate pathways of care that are individual and person centred. Provide clinical interventions such as fibro scanning and phlebotomy in the hospital and the community. Working across Lincolnshire to motivate and encourage staff within outreach and community settings (e.g. drug and alcohol services etc.) to carry out HCV testing.
The ideal candidate will have a primary or secondary care background and/or have experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment services.
By joining our team you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging and innovative projects working towards the overall goal of HCV elimination by 2025, focusing on increasing case finding initiatives, improving access to treatment and enhanced data collection to demonstrate the effectiveness and equity of new ways of working.
Main duties of the job
To undertake case finding initiatives to identify patients with hepatitis C, working with GP practices, laboratory databases and other organisations.
To liaise with patients to encourage them to enter care and to manage their pathway, ensuring a convenient date, time and location time is agreed.
To facilitate the prioritisation of HCV positive individuals by supporting the coordination of assessments at outreach clinics and linkage into care.
To support the Hepatitis C and Department of Hepatology by taking blood and Fibro scanning patients at outpatient and outreach clinics within Lincolnshire.
To monitor the performance of HCV testing by organisations in the community e.g. drug and alcohol and sexual health clinics.
To deliver capillary blood test training within HCV outreach clinics.
To maintain a record of the HCV test training within the ODN outreach clinics.
To be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives and the Hepatitis CQUIN and milestones.
To maintain supportive and effective relationships with partners including community drug and alcohol services, community pharmacists, GP practices, and homeless centres.
To use patient notes, existing databases, and the hospital systems to confirm patient data is up-to-date and accurate.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
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Person Specification
Qualifications
- Experience in a care environment
- GCSE's/NVQ or equivalent
- Vocationally based education
- Training in motivational interviewing
Previous experience
- Experience of motivating and engaging staff.
- Minimum of 12 months NHS experience or other public/third sector organisations.
- Knowledge and understanding of hepatitis C infection.
- Experience of health promotion and harm reduction across diverse communities.
- Experience of working with a diverse range of people.
- Experience of working innovatively both as an individual and in a team.
- Competent in Microsoft Office; including Word and Excel Databases
- Experience of motivating and engaging staff in external organisations
- Experience of working with service users with complex needs.
- Experience of developing training materials.
- Knowledge of health inequalities.
- Ability to extract and analyse data to deliver outcomes.
- Experience of working with patients with hepatitis C, liver disease or drug dependence.
Evidence of Particular: -Knowledge, Skills and Apititudes
- Demonstrate the ability to deal with difficult and challenging situations.
- Experience of phlebotomy such as venepuncture, capillary blood testing, dry blood spot testing etc.
- Ability to acquire in-depth knowledge of Hepatitis C Operational Delivery Networks (ODN), protocols and communicate this to lay persons
- Understanding of patient pathway problems.
- Ability to analyse simple data, all of which require attention to detail and accuracy.
- Willingness and ability to learn new clinical skills such as Fibro scanning.
- High level of planning and organisational skills with an adaptable approach to meet challenging circumstances, maintaining a positive attitude and identifying solutions.
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: oPatient Centred oSafety oCompassion oRespect and oExcellence
Specific requirements
- Able to develop close links with the Viral Hepatitis and Hepatology teams in Lincolnshire, the Operational Delivery Network, Substance Misuse Services, Prison and GP surgeries.
- Able work as an individual and in a team.
- Ability and willingness to travel across Lincolnshire and work within a variety of community settings.
Personal Attributes
- oMotivation oEnthusiasm oApproachability
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincolnshire
Greetwell road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/
- Company
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Location
- Lincoln, United Kingdom LN2 5QY
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Location
- Lincoln, United Kingdom LN2 5QY
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year
- Posted