Clinical Nurse Specialist-Colorectal Cancer Faster Diagnosis
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are a forward-thinking Colorectal Nursing team, passionate about providing excellent care for our patients while ensuring we are an inclusive, supportive team.
As a member of this multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting the ongoing improvement effort to shorten diagnosis pathways, reduce variation, improve patient experience of care, and meet the Faster Diagnosis standard. The post holder must have recent experience in working in Colorectal Cancer with specialist knowledge of the Suspected Cancer pathways and investigations required.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide clinical support, nursing care, and clinical leadership for patients referred on the suspected cancer pathway for lower gastro-intestinal (LGI) cancer.
2. Take patients off the cancer pathway and communicate with them and primary care providers.
3. Work as an integral member of the LGI team, collaborating with primary and secondary care clinical and operational teams to ensure those referred on the pathway receive a high-quality, safe, effective, and timely diagnostic pathway.
4. See new referrals into the pathway in a clinic setting and make clinical decisions on next steps. Previous experience of nurse-led clinics including physical examinations is desirable.
5. Support compliance against the 28-day and 62-day standard for Cancer Wait Time guidance, working autonomously and in collaboration with colleagues, proactively identifying potential and actual risks for non-compliance with the pathway, instigating mitigating actions or escalating as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide. Our 6,000 dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Registered Nurse educated to degree level or willingness to undertake
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Teaching qualification
* Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
* Advanced clinical assessment
* Research Module Masters Degree
Previous Experience
* Accept personal accountability for own practice
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Experience of initiating change
* Understanding evidence-based practice
* Experience of Clinical Governance
* Understanding of patient pathways and its complexities and how to support patients through this
* Nurse-led clinic
Skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleague’s needs
* Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Ability to lead developments in practice
* Commitment to multi-disciplinary working
* Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
* Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly
* Advanced communication skills
Knowledge
* Understanding in depth of Colorectal cancer pathways
* Understanding of Colorectal cancer pathology
* Understanding of BCSG guidelines on polyp management
Other requirements
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development, and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
* To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
* Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic situations
* Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include: We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect: We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve: We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly; this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions.
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