Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust within the Acute Oncology & Rapid Diagnostic Team. AOS care for inpatients presenting with concerning symptoms suggestive of cancer/known cancer. RDC manage outpatients with non-specific symptoms and exclude/ make a cancer diagnosis in the first instance and then refer on to other specialties as required.
This part-time role will develop the post holder towards providing expert level cancer diagnostic and treatment experience and support potential future ANP role development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced nurse, acting within their professional boundaries with work experience in an oncology capacity; they will provide care for the presenting patient, demonstrating safe clinical decision-making. They will work collaboratively with the AOS & RDC team, cancer services and primary care.
Working for our organisation
The AOS team ensure provision of expert nurse advice, support and information to patients admitted as a result of their cancer treatment and/or suspected cancer.
The RDC supports established TWR pathways by aiming to exclude a cancer diagnosis within 28 days in patients presenting with non-specific symptoms which require a more holistic diagnostic approach. The onus of the service is to confirm/exclude a cancer diagnosis as soon as practicable and ideally within 28 days.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Acute Oncology & Rapid Diagnostics CNS role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered General Nurse
2. BSc Healthcare Related
Desirable criteria
3. MSc / ANP Healthcare Related
4. Advanced Communication Skills training
5. Level 2 Psychology Support skills
Experience
Essential criteria
6. 2 Years Oncology Experience
Desirable criteria
7. Experience managing caseloads
Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. In depth knowledge of current cancer practice
9. Professional issues in nursing and healthcare
10. Holistic patient assessment
11. Clinical governance
Desirable criteria
12. Quality Improvement
Skills
Essential criteria
13. Evidence of assessing and co-ordinating investigations for patients in primary/secondary care settings
14. Able to communicate efficiently and effectively with other departments and healthcare professionals
15. Able to recognise own boundaries of practice
Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameAlison MasseyJob titleAOS Team Lead Clinical Nurse SpecialistEmail address