Description
Main area Breast Care Nursing Team Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 18 hours per week (Monday to Sunday)
Job ref: 302-25-7023031S
Site: Thomas Linacre Centre
Town: Wigan
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
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Job overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust breast services have an exciting opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team due to a retirement.
Our team is looking for an experienced Breast Care Nurse to work within the screening and symptomatic service currently working as a Band 6 or above with surgical and oncology experience.
We are looking for an individual with a keen interest in Family History and has the relevant experience or willingness to work towards gaining this knowledge.
We are a friendly forward-thinking team working together using a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve the best outcome for our patients.
Main duties of the job
1. Provides a specialist continuing supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting offering optimum healthcare to patients their families and carers.
2. Manages and organizes own caseload.
3. To work within the breast screening setting and family history service.
4. Arm lymphoedema assessment.
5. Provides specialist breast care education training and imparts sensitive information for patients their carers and other healthcare professionals ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas.
At WWL we value our staff believing that happy staff makes for happy patients.
We have a recognized track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do and in the provision of safe effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity.
With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Provides professional clinical leadership guidance expert advice and support within the Breast Care Nursing team.
2. Delivers high quality evidence-based patient-centered care within clearly defined guidelines and protocols improving the patient experience and meeting local needs.
Person specification
Qualifications
1. RN with current NMC registration
2. Degree/degree pathway in health-related subject or extensive experience as a specialist Breast Care Nurse at Band 6 level with evidence of ongoing CPD
3. ENB A11 or equivalent specialist Breast Care qualification.
4. Leadership course/degree module or willingness to undertake.
5. Family History training or willingness to undertake
6. Demonstrate counselling skills experience/qualification
7. Oncology qualification e.g. ENB237 cancer course or equivalent.
8. Advanced communications skills.
9. Experience in arm lymphoedema assessment.
Experience
1. Significant post-registration experience at Band 6 in Breast Care if a graduate as above
2. Evidence of professional leadership leading to innovation in practice.
3. Evidence of effective clinical leadership actively promoting working across professional and organisational boundaries.
4. Experience of participation in outpatient clinic in this specialty.
5. Evidence of involvement in policy development/guidelines.
6. Experience in clinical audits
Skills
1. Ability to communicate potentially unpleasant/sensitive information to patients in a variety of settings.
2. Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills.
3. Demonstrates ability to manage own caseload. Ability to perform assessment planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Ability to perform relevant clinic skills. Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
4. Basic IT skills.
5. Able to present information to professional groups.
Knowledge
1. Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to breast disease management and implications/application to clinical practice.
2. Evidence of continuing professional development
3. Experience of audit and research.
4. Understanding of research management.
5. Teaching and assessing knowledge and ability.
Additional
1. Able to facilitate multi-site working
2. Flexible approach to work.
3. Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role i.e. with confidence and accuracy using correct sentence structures and vocabulary and without hesitation
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