Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking a dedicated, passionate, and experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Lung Cancer Team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless and efficient care for patients throughout their lung cancer journey and provide vital follow-up care across all three of our sites. You will manage patients with complex needs, maintaining responsibility and accountability for all aspects of professional nursing practice.
You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless care coordination and treatment delivery, supporting both patients and healthcare professionals with expert clinical knowledge. You will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing treatment plans, including the management of care pathways and the provision of non-medical prescribing as appropriate. Your leadership and specialised knowledge will enable you to drive improvements in practice, developing and implementing clinical protocols and guidelines, ensuring that our lung cancer care services remain at the forefront of patient-centered care.
This is a high-impact role, offering the opportunity to work with a talented team in a supportive environment, while influencing the future direction of lung cancer care within our trust.
Main Duties of the Job
Please see attached job description and personal specification for a comprehensive description of main duties.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Excellent communication and listening skills
* Specialist knowledge and expertise
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills
* Team player
* Demonstrable teaching skills
* Research awareness
* Audit methodologies
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
* NMC Level One Registered Nurse
* BSc in Nursing
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
* Evidence of post-basic specialist education
* Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
* Non-medical prescribing
* Will consider band 6 CNS without non-medical prescribing qualification, but candidate must be willing to undertake course upon appointment to achieve band 7 status
Further Training
* Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training
Experience
* Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area
* Membership of special interest and professional group
* Working within a leadership role
* Multidisciplinary team working and caseload management
* Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals
Contractual Requirements
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Ability to travel between sites
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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