A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for someone to join our team as a Senior Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will provide clinical leadership and expertise in the speciality of Oncology by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers. You will act as a resource to the multi-professional team.
Part time: 19 hours per week.
As post holder you will participate in the co-ordination of Oncology patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient’s care pathway. You will be pivotal in review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group. You will liaise closely with the health care teams of inpatient wards, outpatient department and primary care, including Consultant Physicians and GP’s.
You will demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of Oncology especially in the field of Head and Neck Cancers whilst exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• To operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice, providing research-based expert care and advice to all colleagues and managing a caseload effectively, making the most of available time.
• To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and external to the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing cancer patients.
• To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within the divisional guidelines.
• To ensure that patients are seen within the recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
• To utilise specialist, skills, underpinned by in-depth theoretical knowledge, to facilitate the assessment, planning and implementation of individualised programmes of care for cancer patients presenting with a specialist condition and to evaluate their programmes of care.
• To assimilate and communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and emotive information regarding patient diagnosis and prognosis, ensuring that patients, relatives and the multidisciplinary team understand and accept the reasons for treatment (or non-treatment) plans.
• To offer and provide specialist advice through advanced listening and counselling skills.
• To contribute to service developments and the development of Nurse-led initiatives in liaison with Senior Nurse/Service Manager/Operational Manager/Assistant Director of Nursing.
• To contribute toward Divisional, Trust and corporate objectives and service plans.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025