Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and compassionate Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Symptom and Palliative Care for Children and Young People. This part-time role is based at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, where you will be a key part of a specialist team providing high-quality palliative care services to children and young people with cancer.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing a comprehensive and high quality symptom and palliative care service to children and young people (CYP) receiving treatment at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and their families. He/she will work with other members of the CYPOONS team and the Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care to provide advanced nursing care to this patient group. The post holder will be a clinical expert, sound educator, committed researcher and proficient leader.
The post holder will work with and support multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) in the Royal Marsden Hospital, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), voluntary sector and Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs), to co-ordinate and manage symptom and palliative care for this
cohort of CYPs across settings
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To provide professional and clinical leadership for CYPs with symptom and palliative care needs across care settings.
2. To act as an expert clinical resource for symptom and palliative care for CYPs, their families and healthcare professionals across care settings. These settings will include home, hospice, GP and POSCU’s
3. To provide support to CYP’s and their families where required through community visits to hospital, home or hospice along with relevant allied healthcare professionals as above.
4. To provide expert clinical care to this group of CYPs and their families.
5. To demonstrate a high degree of professional autonomy, using clinical judgment, to provide advice.
Person specification
Attainments
Essential criteria
6. First Level Registration
7. Registered Children’s Nurse
8. Children’s oncology qualification/experience
9. First level degree
10. Teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
11. Children’s Community Nursing qualification/experience
12. Experience in research
13. Non-medical prescribing qualification
14. Physical Assessment Skills qualification
Special Aptitudes & Disposition
Essential criteria
15. Ability to manage projects and meet deadlines
16. Good organizational and time management skills.
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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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.