Main area: Breast
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 11 months (0.93 WTE)
Hours: Part time - 35 hours per week (flexible)
Job ref: 213-PRUH-6645524
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: PRUH
Town: London
Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 pro rata inclusive HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/09/2024 23:59
Job overview
- To further develop the breast cancer service (including optimising patient pathways, improving the patient experience, developing proactive support models for patients).
- To continue to facilitate the established patient support group for breast cancer patients.
- To independently manage a caseload of patients/clients.
- To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.
- To lead the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
- To establish clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of people in the community.
- To lead and work with the other members of the breast care nursing team, and to provide cross cover when required.
Main duties of the job
• To provide and manage an expert specialist nursing service for people with specialist needs.
• To be actively involved in inpatient care, liaising with ward staff to ensure high-quality nursing care.
• To lead nurse led outpatient services ensuring nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients.
• To follow up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice.
• To coordinate a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication.
• To lead the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies.
• To ensure operational policies are reviewed annually following national standards.
• To ensure all care is given following agreed protocols.
• To liaise with the ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients.
• To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation.
• To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional.
• To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements.
• To participate in relevant fora at Divisional, Trust or PCG/PCT or National/International Level to represent the service perspective.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
- MSc Level qualification or willingness to work towards
- Advanced communication Skills Training
- Leadership Qualification
- Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills
Experience and Skills
- Understanding of Personalised Care National Agenda
- Expert knowledge of KPI related to the role of the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Expert clinical reasoning & decision making
- Skills to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
- Publication in healthcare journals and presentations at conferences
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- To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.
- Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
- Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
- Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Hannah Ford
Job title: Lead Breast Cancer CNS
Email address:
Telephone number: 01689863173
Additional information: Irina Belun-Vieira, Head of Nursing Cancer:
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