TB Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 03 April 2025

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year

Job summary

An opportunity has risen, for a Nurse, who has an intrest in Tuberculosis to join the multi-disciplinary team (Birmingham & Solihull TB Service).

The successfull candidate will case manage a caseload of patients and associated outbreaks, part of a geographic patch of the region.

Full support and training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

This post is open to either adult or paediatric trained nurse. Transferrable skills such as working in the coomunity, or managing hospitalised patients with respiratory and/or infectious diseases are useful for transferrable skills.

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Professional Registration with NMC (E)
  • *Degree or equivalent (E)
  • *Teaching & Mentoring qualification (E)

Desirable

  • *Non-Medical Prescribing Course (D)

Experience

Essential

  • *Minimum of 3 years’ relevant post registration experience (E)
  • *Evidence of on-going CPD (E)
  • *Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments (E)

Desirable

  • *Experience in community and management of TB cases

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality (E)
  • *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for ( E )
  • *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance (E)
  • *You will need to be able to meet the travel
  • *requirements of the post and be independently mobile and as such it is essential for you to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points (E)

Desirable

  • *Awareness of current research related to the speciality ( D )

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).