Information And Support Nurse Jobs in Belfast
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community.
About the role
We are recruiting for two roles to join our Northern Ireland team, both are offered on 25 hours per week.
You’ll empower your clients to take actions for themselves or will advocate on their behalf for better service, support and outcomes, so they can live their life with Parkinson's in the way they choose.
You’ll deliver tailored information and support through a range of channels including telephone, video and email and, where appropriate, home visits and in community settings.
You’ll be responsible for building excellent relationships with healthcare professionals and other relevant agencies, as well as our network of volunteers and groups.
What you'll do:
- Provide professional person centred, in depth support to clients by a range of means, ensuring the most efficient and effective use of resources.
- Provide support on a variety of health and social care issues, including appropriate emotional, employment and welfare benefits support and advocating with and on behalf of clients.
- Work flexibly across the service responding to enquiries through a range of channels.
- Work closely with clinicians, specialist nurses and other professional colleagues to raise the profile of the service, increase depth of support and achieve improved outcomes for people with Parkinson’s.
What you'll bring:
- Experience of managing and delivering individual case work, including advocating for clients and supporting people to navigate the health and social care system
- Experience and understanding of safeguarding and your role in keeping clients safe and implementing organisational policies and procedure
- Ability to be calm and use emotional intelligence in challenging casework
- Demonstrable digital competence, with experience of effective use of a range of tools including online case management systems
- The ability to build effective working relationships with others including working within multi disciplinary teams internally and externally
Candidates must live in Northern Ireland in order to carry out this role.
We are operating rolling recruitment for this vacancy and reviewing applications as they are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- live in the area specified (Northern Ireland), hold a full driving licence and be able to travel freely and flexibly throughout Northern Ireland and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
- provide occasional cover on Saturdays and/or Bank holidays
- provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
This role will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You’ll be required to apply for one; refusal to do so will result in the offer being withdrawn.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
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Reports to: Chair of the Education Committee and Director of Marketing and Education
Department: Education
Salary range: On application
Location: Homebased
Contract type: Half day a week (2PAs), fixed session in job plan, until September 2024
Job Purpose
The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) is a UK wide membership organisation for health professionals in rheumatology. The BSR works to promote excellence in the care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and to support those delivering care at every step. The BSR works to ensure that clinicians, nurses and health professionals are educated and trained to provide high quality care. Our members look after every stage of life; children, adolescents and adults, across the whole patient pathway.
The Digital Learning Editor will work with the Digital Learning Board to expand and develop the BSR digital learning offer, making BSR’s digital learning the go-to place for online Rheumatology content.
The Digital Learning Editor position is not a paid employee of BSR, and is not paid via BSR's payroll as an honorarium is paid.
Content
The Editor will identify and commission digital learning content for all members including trainees, consultants, nurses, allied health professional, psychologists, physician associates and pharmacists. This includes ensuring that a broad range of content is produced across a range of topics and formats including webinars, podcasts, eLearning cases and links to journal articles. An important aspect of the role will be collaboration with the BSR Journals Rheumatology and Rheumatology Advances in Practice.
The Editor will ensure the right editorial processes, tools and templates exist for the development of consistent, high quality digital learning. The Board will recruit suitable authors from UK academic rheumatology to create and review the content. The Editor will be responsible for ensuring that content is delivered on time and to a suitable standard, supported by the Board. They will also lead on setting regular review periods to ensure content remains current and accurate and respond to any recommendations from arising from evaluations of the digital learning.
In addition the Editor will provide advice and expertise to the BSR Education team on key BSR focus areas which have a digital learning element such as pre-course materials and digital induction recourses.
Website and promotion
The Editor will work with the BSR Education team to guide development of the digital learning platform including the user journey, content layout and editing the library. Alongside the Digital Learning Board and the BSR Education team they will also support promotional plans for digital learning.
Main Responsibilities
The Digital Learning Editor will work with the Education Committee Chair and the Education Team at BSR to set strategic objectives for BSR’s digital learning offer. The main areas of responsibilities are to:
- Recruit and manage the Digital Learning Board to help deliver the BSR Digital Learning strategy
- Create a curriculum-based digital learning resource for doctors
- Create new content for BSR nurse and health professional members with support of selected health professionals
- Create new content for paediatric members with support of paediatric rheumatologists and health professionals
- Create blended learning opportunities on curriculum topics (to include podcasts, webinars, eLearning, links to journal articles, patient perspective)
- Seek and develop opportunities to collaborate with other institutions and organisations, including the BSR journal, Rheumatology
- Continuously review existing content to ensure it remains up to date and relevant
- Ensure BSR has a cohort of authors and content creators with appropriate training to produce content in a timely and professional manner
- Ensure editorial processes are of a high ethical standard
- Act as an ambassador for BSR’s digital learning offer and actively encourage colleagues to engage with it.
Meeting attendance and external representation
- Attend BSR Annual Conference, Case-based Conference and the Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Conference
- Attend BSR Education Committee meetings and present a report at each (3x each year)
- Chair the Digital Learning Board meetings (3x each year)
- Attend other BSR meetings as requested by the Chair of the Education Committee
Key working relationships
- BSR Education Committee Chair
- BSR Director of Marketing and Education
- BSR Education team
- Digital Learning Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief, Rheumatology
- Programme Directors, Rheumatology MSc Courses
Ethical standards
The Editor is responsible for ensuring that BSR’s digital learning maintains the highest ethical and moral standard. The Editor must ensure that the site is not exposed to potential conflicts of interest.
Other information
The post holder will be expected to work one day a week Monday – Friday.
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience of developing digital learning content
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
- Experience and understanding of digital learning technologies
- Experience of learning design methods and practices
- Experience of gathering and applying peer-reviewed scholarly research
Skills & abilities
- Knowledge of adult and paediatric rheumatology curriculum
- Excellent relationship management skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Management of conflicts of interest
Inclusion & diversity
BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010.
We want a working environment free of all of the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued.
To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason.
The values which guide our approach are:
- Celebratory – we celebrate the achievements in rheumatology
- Inclusive – we support everyone in the rheumatology community
- Sustainable – we work to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment
- Leading – we use our profile to drive change and support those working in the specialty
- Collaborative – we always seek to work with others to have a greater impact
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Would you like to make a real impact on the lives of people with breast cancer? Are you passionate about ensuring that people with breast cancer receive the emotional, social and practical support and information that they need? If so, you could be the coordinator that we are looking for to join our busy team and help us reach more people through our award-winning services. We are recruiting a permanent post.
The role
You will be responsible for the organisation and delivery of our face-to-face and online services for people with primary breast cancer, including coordinating service events, recruiting, training, and working with moving forward facilitators and moving forward volunteers.
A key part of the role involves developing and maintaining relationships with healthcare professionals and other external stakeholders to promote our services and increase reach and uptake in the north and east of Scotland (Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland, Grampian, Tayside and Fife).
About you
Do you thrive on challenge? Can you demonstrate a passion for supporting people with breast cancer?
You must have experience of developing and delivering information, health or other support services and have knowledge of UK healthcare systems. Your excellent verbal and written communication skills help you manage successful relationships with a range of different stakeholders, often remotely. You are organised and have excellent time management skills. You use your initiative and prioritise your workload.
Working as part of a busy established team across different geographical sites can be challenging. You will need to be a supportive and resilient colleague, potentially supporting services outside of your team’s geographical location.
Flexibility to travel and work outside normal office hours, with occasional overnight stays is required.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care, for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Why? Because we believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role involves travel across Scotland. It can either be home based or office based at our Glasgow office if within reasonable commuting distance.
In line with our hybrid working model, if based at our Glasgow office, you will be required to attend the office for a minimum of 2 days per week, subject to the roles travel requirements.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. The shortlisting process looks for people who meet or come close to meeting all criteria listed.
If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact Breast Cancer Now Recruitment Team in the first instance.
Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.
Closing date 9:00 am, 4th December 2023
Interview date Thursday 14th December 2023 via Teams
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The role
We are looking for locally based sessional facilitators to support the delivery of our Moving Forward courses across the UK. Our Moving Forward courses are for anyone with a primary breast cancer diagnosis who has finished their hospital-based treatment. Courses are a combination of face to face and online support and are delivered in partnership with local NHS Trusts/Boards. The number of courses can vary across locations but will typically be between 2 - 4 courses a year.
This is offered as a contract for services position and as such the appointed contractor would not be an employee of Breast Cancer Now but a self-employed individual. We require all contractors to adhere to and follow Breast Cancer Now applicable policies and procedures and to undertake some mandatory training in core subjects such as data protection and cyber security. A satisfactory criminal record check will be required.
About you
You will be based locally to one of the available locations with a strong background in group facilitation and course delivery. You will also have excellent organisation and time-management skills, superb oral and written communication skills, and the ability to multitask. You will work independently across a geographical area, supported by the regional services team and our local volunteers.
You will be required to have access to your own IT equipment.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However, you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care, for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Why? Because we believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now.
Role description
The role description is available for you to download.
Locations
Liverpool/Manchester, Northallerton/Northeast Stockton, Colchester/Ipswich, Bournemouth/Dorchester, East Surrey, Romford
Services are usually held in hospital or community venues in town or city centres that are accessible via public transport. Parking may or may not be available at the venue. If you would like to know the exact location of our current venue in a specific location please get in touch, although do be aware that venues are subject to change.
Pay: We offer flat fees for work undertaken delivering our services as listed below:
· £25 per hour when facilitating a course (course duration will vary depending on location).
· Additional fees for attending training and update meetings or if asked to travel outside of geographical area.
Please note that we do not pay for travel time.
When applying
Please submit an online application form and supporting statement via the link provided. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria
Please specify within your application which location/s you are applying for.
Closing date 9:00 am, 29th November 2023
Interview dates
Interviews will be held virtually over Microsoft Teams on the following dates based on the location you have applied for. If you have applied for more than one location, you will only be required to have one interview (if shortlisted):
· Liverpool/Manchester – 12th and 13th December
· Northallerton/Northeast Stockton – 12th and 13th December
· Colchester/Ipswich – 7th and 8th December
· Bournemouth/Dorchester – 7th December
· East Surrey – 8th December
· Romford – 7th and 8th December
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Would you like to join our small, dedicated, international team to make a difference to the lives of seafarers and their families worldwide?
ISWAN has recently created this new role, which will be pivotal to achieving a quality service to seafarers.
As ISWAN’s Clinical Supervisor, you will be responsible for the provision of clinical supervision and support to our helpline operators and counsellors. You will lead on the development and implementation of our clinical governance framework and ensure the provision of a high quality and safe service.
We have no preconceptions about where the successful applicant will come from but you will bring experience of working with a range of complex mental health issues, knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, confidentiality and risk management. You will need to be capable of working effectively within a complex international context and have sound experience of supervising others. This is a part-time role (14 hours per week) but we are keen to find the right person and therefore happy to discuss flexible working patterns. We are flexible about where the role is based but you will be working with staff across the UK, India and the Philippines so you will need to be a great team player.
Salary circa £35k pro rata
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DEBRA is seeking members for its Charitable Purposes Committee to inform to inform and develop the Charity’s evolving care and research strategy. Our Charitable Purposes Committee advises our Board of Trustees and is responsible for ensuring that the Charity’s resources are used effectively to support our provision of lifelong care and support for sufferers of the genetic skin disorder Epidermolysis Bullosa, and to support our investments in cutting edge research to find a cure for this debilitating condition.
Key responsibilities of the Charitable Purposes Committee are to:
- Review DEBRA UK’s Research & Care Strategy as it relates to research, health and community support and social policy on an ongoing basis.
- Receive and review reports from medical and scientific experts on current research activities.
- Determine, taking appropriate advice, the priorities for care and research expenditure each year.
- Oversee collaborative partnerships on care and research.
- Develop membership engagement, support and services.
- Review and develop healthcare initiatives to support member care.
- Receive reports on changes in national policy or practice within health and social care and agree appropriate responses from the Charity.
We provide any training necessary to allow you to fulfil your committee duties. This is an unpaid volunteer role, but any reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with the Charity’s expenses policy.
Meetings of the Charitable Purposes Committee currently take place four times a year, each lasting between 2-2.5 hours. The term of appointment is three years.
About the Organisation
DEBRA was the world’s first EB patient support group, set up in 1978. We have come a long way since then, working internationally through a network of nearly 50 DEBRA groups to share information and best practice. We fund pioneering research, provide specialist healthcare, promote international best practice, and deliver lifelong support to individuals, families, and the entire EB Community.
Diversity
The charity is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment and therefore welcomes applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. The charity aspires to maintain a representative and diverse Board including women, individuals from ethnic and LGBTQIA communities and those living with disability. Applications from these communities would be welcomed.
Selection Criteria
We’re looking to recruit people from a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. If you believe you have skills developed from your professional life combined with the proactivity, commitment and drive to make a difference and bring a new perspective we would love to hear from you.
We are particularly encouraging applicants who have experience of operating within the NHS, have worked with charities that run a health/support service (including hospices), practising specialty health professionals (e.g. physiotherapists, podiatrists, or dieticians) or applicants with experience as a GP.
Essential Skills
Experience of one or more of these fields, Healthcare, Medicine, Health Tech, Nursing, Pharmaceuticals, Research, Social Care, Ability to challenge and to be a critical friend where necessary, Innovative, and collaborative mindset, ‘Can do’ and positive attitude.
How to apply
If you think you can help steer DEBRA as we journey forward, please email [email protected] to express your interest, and answer the following questions:
1. Why do you want to become a DEBRA Committee member?
2. What skills do you believe you can bring to the committee??
3. What experience will you bring to the committee?
You can send this submission as a written statement, a video or aural submission. DEBRA is committed to being an inclusive charity, and we welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. The successful candidate will need to undertake a DBS check and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
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