About the role
Salary: £49387.00 to £56515.00
The post holder will act as the clinical expert and professional resource for children and young people with Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia, their families and carers, and the multidisciplinary team involved in their care.
Provide specialist assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies and their families
Act as key point of contact, delivering expert advice, support and education to patients, families and healthcare professionals
Manage a specialist caseload autonomously, referrals, undertaking advanced clinical assessment and escalating concerns appropriately
Support delivery of annual reviews, investigations, treatment monitoring and multidisciplinary care planning
Participate in MDT meetings, clinics and regional haemoglobinopathy networks
Lead neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening follow-up service, providing counselling and support to families of affected infants and carriers
Communicate complex sensitive information compassionately
Support medicines optimisation and treatment adherence
Develop and implement evidence-based clinical pathways, guidelines and standards of care
Work with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies
Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, research service development initiatives in line with national standards and best practice
Act as a clinical expert, resource for staff within the speciality
Provide education, training and support to healthcare professionals, patients, families
Maintain professional competence
Lead and participate in audit, governance, research, quality improvement
Support service redesign, policy development and implementation of national and local guidance
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