TTP Clinical Nurse Specialist

The post holder will influence the development of the services to ensure it is high quality, patient-centred, safe, efficient and in line with the appropriate Department of Health Standards. They will manage a clinical caseload providing highly specialist nursing input, support and continuity of care to patients with TTP and other haemostasis and platelet disorders; from the time of a suspected diagnosis, through assessment, treatment and continuing care.

This patient group requires immediate intensive therapies in hospital so inpatient input is essential to establish continuing care and a link for patients to access when discharged.

The post holder will support the Apheresis team. In addition, the CNS will have an important role in co-ordinating patient care and liaising between the in-patient and daycare nursing teams. They will advise and provide support to other centres within the UK. The aim is to co-ordinate a seamless approach to patient care and management, providing support and guidance to hospital and community services and staff.

The CNS is a specialist educational resource to all members of the MDT and external agencies and will be expected to facilitate the professional development of junior nursing colleagues. The post holder will also support the research activities of the team, keeping abreast of the clinical trials programme, and support the data manager to develop an up-to-date CNS-held database of UCLH TTP patients.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.??

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:??

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.?

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rosalind Newton Job title: TTP CNS Lead Email address: [email protected]