The band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist will work within a small but dynamic team caring for patients with potential and diagnosed UGI cancer. Streamlining their pathway and working closely with endoscopy departments, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices, district nursing team, Macmillan services, and tertiary care.
Responsibilities include:
* Participates in research and clinical audits in own specialist area.
* Provide nursing care at an advanced level.
* Assess the need for symptomatic and psychological support to patients by maintaining close contact through telephone, outpatient, and ward visits.
* Provide information and ongoing support to newly diagnosed cancer patients.
* Participate in trust-wide educational events and be available as a learning resource.
* Support the delivery of the faster diagnosis/62-day pathway cancer target.
* Support the delivery of the 18-week RTT performance target.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools, with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.
Additional responsibilities:
* Provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for cancer/benign patients including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
* Act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers to provide a seamless pathway of care to patients across all Upper GI services.
* Provide a nursing contribution to policy and clinical service development within the upper GI service.
* Contribute to the Trust strategic agenda.
* Act as a key point of contact to ensure timely care and treatment for all patients on an upper GI pathway.
* Delivery of cancer review/benign outpatient clinics.
* Support the Upper GI Consultant Surgeons in results clinics.
* Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
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