CLINICAL SUPPORT IMAGING (CSI)

This is a dynamic and specialised area of nursing which facilitates additional training and development packages. There are also opportunities for role extension. Working as part of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) you will provide a vital role, ensuring that our patients receive ‘caring at its best’. We support clinicians and patients during clinic by completing relevant observations: heights, weight, BMI, urine dip and completion of relevant assessment tools to the clinics such as the MUST score.

The Outpatients team will also support and complete dressing changes and biopsy whilst ensuring the patient is looked after physically and psychologically. As you can tell this area of nursing provides a wide variety within the working day in a friendly and supportive environment. We encourage a positive and supportive working environment and celebrate success within the Outpatients team.

Working hours generally range from 08:30-17:00/17:30 Monday to Friday.

If you would like to discuss joining the CSI team, contact:

Martha Tickell 
Matron
[email protected]

Medicines Management Team

We are a small friendly multi-disciplinary team consisting of nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Within the medicines management team the role of the medicines management nurse is to work with the medication safety lead pharmacist and pharmacy to support the medicines safety agenda across the Trust.

We focus on medicines management including medicine security and storage. The medication safety agenda is followed with the aim to reduce medication errors and omissions to improve the patient experience. 

With the ever evolving electronic systems being introduced we help to educate many different staff groups to ensure the safe and effective use of electronic prescribing systems.

This is a diverse role working across all 3 sites offering specialist advice, support and education to clinical areas within UHL.

Immunology and Allergy Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Immunology and Allergy clinical nurse specialist (CNS) works autonomously to deliver specialist care for patients with immune deficiencies and allergic conditions. The role enables the CNS to work in both elements of the service and to develop skills in the management, treatment and education of patients with both acute and long term conditions.

The service works cross site; At the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) Jarvis clinic and The Leicester General Hospital (LGH) on the medical day case unit, Ward 19. The role involves working alongside the immunology/allergy consultants assessing patients’ needs who have a suspected immunodeficiency, hereditary and acquired angioedema and follow-up of adults with confirmed immunodeficiency. Our infusion centre at the Leicester General Hospital is nurse-led treating those patients requiring treatment such as immunoglobulin or C1 inhibitor.

In addition to this clinic, the CNS runs home therapy training sessions for those patients willing and eligible to learn to self-infuse at home. They provide education, resources and support for patients and family as needed. The CNS also cares for patients who have a variety of allergic conditions which includes allergies to pollen, house dust mite, bee or wasp venom, food or drugs. We also see oral allergy syndrome, chronic spontaneous urticaria, and mastocytosis. The CNS performs skin prick testing/prick-to prick testing and anaphylaxis self-management (including adrenaline auto-injector training).

In the near future the CNS will be responsible for safely managing allergy challenges, intradermal testing and desensitisation to venom, pollen, and drugs. The role of the CNS involves learning and reviewing written standard operating procedures (SOP) and protocols for all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. To support this, the CNS is kept updated through knowledge of trends and developments in the field by reading relevant articles, journals, and related material and attending seminars and conferences. The immunology and allergy team is part of a network of other specialists in the wider community, TRIAC.