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-C
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: 04/10/2024 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. Responsibilities include assessing patients, planning and implementing care, providing specialist advice, maintaining associated records, and providing specialist education and training to other staff and students.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Practice/Care Delivery
- Assess health, health-related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers.
- Ensure all patients have an accurate plan of care.
- Maintain up-to-date and comprehensive records of care.
- Implement and evaluate standards and criteria of nursing intervention.
- Follow up patients as appropriate.
- Assess and manage critical and clinical events.
- Support and empower patients, their families and other carers.
- Facilitate learning in relation to identified health needs.
- Provide counselling and psychological support for individuals and their carers.
- Act independently within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context.
- Promote children’s well-being and safeguarding.
Care Management
- Ensure full awareness of the targets set out in the NHS plan and Cancer plan.
- Provide support and guidance to others.
- Assist in coordinating and chairing MDT meetings.
- Ensure involvement in cross-department processes and planning.
- Regularly review clinical notes of patients requiring imminent admission.
Clinical practice leadership
- Contribute positively to the leadership of nursing within the care group.
- Develop effective working relationships based on trust.
Training, education and practice development
- Act as a clinical expert and advise on educational opportunities.
- Create an environment in which clinical practice development is fostered.
Research, evidence-based practice and audit
- Promote and facilitate research, evidence-based practice, and clinical audit.
- Contribute to clinical audit.
Personal Professional Development
- Achieve a range of clinical competencies as required.
- Keep up-to-date with current literature and research.
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.
- Track record of publication.
- 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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