Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Neuro-Oncology
Band 7
Main area: Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist- Paediatric Neuro-Oncology
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 10 months (7th May 2025)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 213-CAX-6524303-B
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum, including HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: Today at 23:59
Job overview
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in South East London is a large teaching hospital and is at the forefront of academic and nursing excellence. We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual to recruit into a band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist role for Paediatric Neuro-Oncology.
The clinical nurse specialist will work with children and young people (patients and clients) and groups (including carers) with brain and spine tumours, in meeting their health, health related and nursing needs. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to meet the objectives of the NICE Improving Outcomes Guidance for Children and Young People with Cancer.
The successful applicant will join the existing specialist nurses to effectively co-ordinate and deliver an expert nursing service to neuro-oncology patients in Child Health and manage a caseload of patients. Assessing patients, planning and implementing care, providing specialist advice; maintaining associated records; and provide specialist education and training to other staff and students.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Practice/Care Delivery
1. Assess health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care through the management of patient caseload.
2. Ensure all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made.
3. Maintain up to date and comprehensive records of care at all times.
4. Implement and evaluate standards and criteria of nursing intervention by planning, providing and evaluating specialist clinical nursing care to meet the health needs of individuals and groups requiring specialist nursing.
5. Follow up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment.
6. Assess and manage critical and clinical events to ensure safe and effective care.
7. Support and empower patients, their families and other carers to influence and participate in decisions concerning their care both during and post-treatment.
8. Facilitate learning in relation to identified health needs for patients, and carers.
9. Provide counselling and psychological support for individuals and their carers.
10. Act independently within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context liaising with local community, social services, and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for children/young people, carers and health professionals.
11. Promote children’s well-being, safeguarding them from harm, and working within agreed policies for reporting concerns including concerns about colleagues.
12. Challenge existing boundaries of practice where patient care can be enhanced by broader nursing roles.
Person specification
Qualifications
- NMC Part 1 (Children)
- Recognised teaching/mentoring qualification
- A clinical expert either through formal qualification (Degree / Masters) and / or extensive clinical experience pertinent to Neuro-Oncology
- Advanced clinical assessment skills, or willingness to develop these
Experience
- Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures and the ability to liaise concerns appropriately
- Track record of publication
- To have proven experience of service development
Skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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