An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and organized person to join the Breast Cancer team at the Royal Free. The postholders will work closely with the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and wider service to support and provide holistic care to patients with cancer and their carers. The successful candidates should have excellent communication skills. He/ she will liaise regularly with patients, carers, nurses, GPs, and cancer support services, perform holistic needs assessments, and refer patients to appropriate resources and agencies.
The successful candidates are required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description, and person specification.
Main duties of the job
To provide general information and support about cancer and cancer services, to enable people to navigate the health and social care system and make choices that are best for their cancer and their life. A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with patients, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals. The information and nature of the communication required is sensitive due to the nature of cancer. Communication in this context requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty, and integrity.
Job responsibilities
To support the delivery of personalised cancer care interventions to breast cancer patients. This will involve cross-site working supporting the CNS team at the Royal Free Hampstead site and Chase Farm Hospital.
Person Specification
Values
* Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
* Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE C or equivalent
* Foundation degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent
* Completion of Assessor training
* Committed to own personal development and evidence of regular attendance at training days
Experience
* Previous experience of working with patients in a hospital environment
* Previous experience of teamwork
* Previous experience of customer care
Skills and aptitudes
* Ability to perform area-specific core clinical competencies
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Competent in clinical decision-making and prioritising care for a defined group of patients
* Competent in taking baseline observations
* Confident and articulate when communicating with MDT
* Evidence of working effectively in a team
* Ability to problem-solve and use initiative
* Evidence of professional development
* Ability to deal with potentially distressing situations
* Skilled in use of computer
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.
£29,460 to £31,909 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
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