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. Assessing patients, planning and implementing care, providing specialist advice; maintaining associated records; and provide specialist education and training to other staff and students.
To work as an autonomous clinical nurse specialist to co-ordinate and deliver expert nursing care effectively to a defined caseload of children, young people with brain and spine tumours meeting their health, health related and nursing needs. (Social, emotional, educational, financial etc. as appropriate. Helping the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to meet the objectives of the NICE Cancer Guidelines).
Working alongside the existing specialist nurse to effectively co-ordinate and deliver an expert nursing service to neurosurgical oncology patients in Child Health and mange 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.
Engaging in flexible, cross-boundary partnership working through the establishment and maintenance of clear communication with primary oncology centres and other health teams to increase knowledge and facilitate patient care in the community .
Using knowledge and skills as a basis from which to further develop practice, understanding the implications of the social, economic and political context of health care, including the assessment and management of risk.
Contribute to the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
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. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
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.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
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
This includes:
- Ordering diagnostic tests;
- Making and receiving referrals;
- Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols;
- Assist in running clinics including long-term follow up for patients who have completed treatment
- Administration of chemotherapy protocols
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
Care Management
1. Ensure full awareness of the targets set out in the NHS plan and Cancer plan
2. Ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocol including working within a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists
3. Provide support and guidance to others so that they are able to support the team in delivering a child focused service that meet the objectives of the NICE Cancer Guidelines
4. Assist in coordinating and chairing MDT meetings
5. Ensure involvement in cross-department processes and planning
6. Regularly review those clinical notes of patients requiring imminent
admission, ensuring all assessments, diagnostic investigation and
test results are up-to-date and in place to ensure a smooth
admission process
7. Liaise with the Paediatric Bed Manager and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for
patients
8. Contribute to the development of appropriate patient group directives to facilitate/enhance the discharge process
9. Assist in the development of policies and protocols to improve
patient care
10. Ensure appropriate information and educational literature is available to help patients make informed choices as to their treatment plan and continuing management
11. Involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of
the current service and suggestions for improvements
12. Be aware of, and comply with, all trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene
13. Actively contribute and support colleagues in clinical risk management activities within the clinical setting
14. Ensure the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents in line with Trust policy
15. Utilise and maintain information systems to aid audit and to provide
regular activity analysis reports
16. Maintain records and send reports contemporaneous and accurate
treatment records, submitting relevant statistics, reports and activity data as requested by various bodies
17. Forge effective links within primary secondary and tertiary care to
ensure effective communication
18. Ensure the best use of available resources within agreed budget to provide a cost effective service
19. Recognise ethical and legal issues, which have implications for nursing practice and take appropriate action
20. Ensure compliance with the trust’s EDI Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trust’s Race Equality Scheme and the Trust’s duty to positively, promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups
21. To cross cover other cancer services when peers are on leave
22. To deliver a seven day service for children with cancer treatments
in exceptional circumstances
Clinical practice leadership
1. Contribute positively to the leadership of nursing within the care
group acting as an effective role model supporting the senior
nursing team in implementing Trust initiatives and strategies
2. Develop effective working relationships based on trust and open cooperation
3. Contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team
4. Participate in relevant fora at Care Group, Trust or PCG/PCT, Network or National/International Level to represent the service perspective as appropriate
5. Recognise ethical and legal issues which have implications for nursing practice and take appropriate action
Training, education and practice development
1. Act as a clinical expert and advise on educational opportunities that will
facilitate the development and support of others specialist knowledge
and skills to ensure they develop their clinical practice
2. Create an environment in which clinical practice development is
fostered, evaluated and disseminated
3. Working with the Child Health Practice Development Team to lead and
develop programmes of education and practice developments to enhance the nursing contribution and quality of care both across the Trust, nationally and internationally
4. Identify specialist learning activities in a clinical setting that contribute
to clinical teaching and assessment of learning in a multi-disciplinary environment within scope of expertise and knowledge base
5. Ensure effective learning experiences and opportunity to achieve learning outcomes for students through preceptorship, mentorship, counselling, clinical supervision and provision of an educational environment
6. Work with academic colleagues to improve practice within a range of
service/practice developments
7. Contribute to the development of nursing practice within the specialist
team
8. Work with and support matrons, ward managers and other clinical staff
to identify areas where changes to practice are required. Also where opportunities exist to improve treatment and support for patients.
9. Actively participate in educational events provided by the care group,
Trust and primary care sector
10. Attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are
fully conversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the
specialist services locally and nationally
11. Publish and present relevant clinical practice and service developments.
Research, evidence based practice and audit
1. Promote and facilitate research, evidence based practice and clinical
audit within the Trust, raising the profile enhancing the contribution of
nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans
2. Contribute to clinical audit, in particular involving service users in providing feedback ensuring patient experience surveys are completed and action plans developed
3. Contribute to nursing research initiatives and support research activity within individual Care Groups and also through collaboration with other
agencies
4. Apply and disseminate research findings relating to specialist nursing
practice
5. Participate and assist with any Trust approved research projects conducted within the department
6. Ensure that the rights of patients, and others are protected at all times
when involved in audit and research studies
7. To collate and record agreed activity data, and evidence of service provision, to measure the effectiveness and impact of the service
8. To ensure, and promote, service user involvement in service developments and undertake, in conjunction with others in the
team/service, a regular survey of the patients’ experiences of the service offered
Personal Professional Development
1. Achieve a range of clinical competencies as required within the Trust
and Care Group
2. Keep up-to-date with current literature and research in the speciality.
3. Maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with CDP requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required
4. Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional conduct working within and
accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence
GENERAL:
The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and
well being and that of colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance
accountabilities with this post
To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and
professional obligations
To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff
To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal
development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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