Job overview
The post holder will support the cancer services and oncology teams to provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership, ensuring high standards of evidence-based practice.
This nurse-led service requires the post holder to work autonomously in ensuring the safe coordination, triage clinical assessment, treatment planning, decision making, and diagnosis during the patients' care pathway. The post holder must be proactive in the development and implementation of the clinical service and long-term strategic direction of the Acute Oncology service, maintaining compliance, ensuring person-centred care, and evaluating the patient experience across the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the cancer services and oncology teams to provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership, ensuring high standards of evidence-based practice. This nurse-led service requires the post holder to work autonomously in ensuring the safe coordination, triage clinical assessment, treatment planning, decision making, and diagnosis during the patients' care pathway. The post holder must be proactive in the development and implementation of the clinical service and long-term strategic direction of the Acute Oncology service, maintaining compliance, ensuring person-centred care, and evaluating the patient experience across the service.
The post holder is a key member of the Acute Oncology Service to ensure safe care to patients and service users and maintain a safe environment for all according to local and national standards. There is an expectation for the practitioner to promote effective workplace cultures across the new team, supporting acute oncology pathways within the organization to sustain person-centred, safe, effective care. As part of this team, the post may require the holder to work on other sites with East Kent Hospital Trust to meet service requirements and ensure that staff maintain and develop their skills. In addition to covering the acute oncology service, the post holder will be expected to support brain, CUP, and sarcoma patients.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Specialist knowledge in cancer care, service development, acute care skills, clinical audit
Desirable
* Knowledge of cancer pathways, able to write written reports and generate data, able to present written and verbal handovers
Qualifications
Essential
* RGN, NMC registration, degree, teaching
Desirable
* Non-medical prescribing, master's degree, clinical skills and examination, service development
Skills
Essential
* Advanced clinical assessment, advanced communication skills, leadership skills, excellent written and verbal skills
Desirable
* Project management skills, triaging skills, ability to work under pressure, demonstrate the Trust's values
Experience
Essential
* Experience with a range of acute settings, band 6 experience for a minimum of 2 years, minimum of five years experience as a band 5, experience caring for cancer patients
Desirable
* 5 years clinical experience, experience in ED, chemotherapy knowledge
Employer details
Employer name
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
KCH and WHH
Ethelbert Rd
Canterbury, Kent
CT13NG
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