Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Cancer and Access
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Thursday 20th February 2025
We are recruiting for an Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The post holder will provide early input of specialist care to oncology patients presenting with oncological emergencies. This role will consist of working with emergency Acute Oncology Pathways and involve working with multiple disciplinary nursing, medical, administration, and operational teams.
The post holder will contribute to the delivery and evaluation of evidence-based patient care throughout the acute treatment pathway. They will have responsibilities for assessing the needs of the acutely unwell cancer patient, liaising with the oncology teams and the wider multidisciplinary teams across the Trust and KMCA to promote coordinated care.
The post holder will be expected to make clinical judgements on complex facts requiring interpretation and comparing options to ensure appropriate patient care and safety, thereby enabling faster, safer, and better quality of care to patients with complications of Systemic Anticancer Treatment (SACT) or radiotherapy.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST Values Underpin Patient First And Are At The Core Of The Care We Give To Our Patients, The Support We Offer To Our Staff And Our Overall Leadership Approach
1. B – Bold
2. E – Every person counts
3. S – Sharing and open
4. T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Louise Farrow Job title: Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse Email address: louise.farrow@nhs.net Telephone number: 07342 071936
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