A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Cancer Services team at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit to three full time Advanced Nurse/Care Practitioners to join its Acute Oncology Service (AOS) and cover a seven day service. (One of these posts can be a training post).
We are looking for experienced and highly motivated individuals to expand our AOS service and to improve the service offering to our patients.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development and expansion of the service, to lead on a new model of care and to provide education and leadership to the tumour site teams as well as urgent care and ward based staff.
We are seeking experienced and highly motivated individuals to lead the provision of the clinical management of patients that present to the hospital who are unwell as a result of their cancer, side effects of their cancer treatment or have a new diagnosis of cancer in conjunction with the Clinical Lead for Acute Oncology.
This also includes the management of those patients that present with a cancer of unknown primary.
These posts will be pivotal to the development, promotion, and delivery of a new service model. The ongoing education of colleagues at all levels will also be a central component.
The post holders will apply high levels of autonomy and demonstrate strong leadership qualities. They should also possess advanced communication skills and be able to communicate complex and sensitive information.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
The post holders will work across all 4 pillars of advanced practice:
- Clinical practice
- leadership and Management
- education and research.
Key responsibilities:
• To provide care for presenting patients in an emergency setting – acting as liaison and expert in oncology acting within their professional boundaries.
• To undertake initial clinical assessment, diagnosis, evaluation and development of treatment plan in conjunction with the clinical lead.
• To advise urgent care, tumour site and ward based clinical and nursing colleagues on the management of acute oncology patients.
• To facilitate the development of skills and knowledge for other staff, supporting specific educational and developmental needs to meet service requirements.
This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Oct 2024