Band 6/7 (depending on experience) Clinical Nurse Specialist (Upper GI Cancer and Cancer of Unknown Primary)
* A Band 6 developmental role will be considered with the applicant working towards Band 7 in line with the ACCEND pathway.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Upper GI nurse specialist team for a dynamic clinical nurse specialist.
We are a friendly team with a genuine commitment to staff personal and professional development.
We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate senior nurses who are compassionate, caring and can work well with a wide range of professional colleagues looking after complex patients with an Upper GI cancer diagnosis.
We work at both the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Bracknell Healthspace.
We strongly encourage informal visits, telephone or email discussion prior to application.
Working in a small and friendly team within a larger CNS service, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary team of other dedicated and highly skilled healthcare professionals to care for patients and their families, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice and actively improving the way we work.
You will provide autonomous nurse-led services alongside the rest of the team.
Examples Of Duties Are:
* Offering support and signposting for patients at diagnosis and onwards.
* Providing symptom advice and support for a group of patients with complex and often fast changing needs.
* Holistic Needs Assessment.
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Telephone assessment and follow-up.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Nicky Dann
Job title: Cancer CNS Team Leader
Email address: nicky.dann@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0118322 8061
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