Upper GI/Hepatobiliary Cancer Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Main area: Upper GI/Hepato-biliary
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 153-SU04117
Department name: UHD - General Recruitment
Site: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
At UHD, our active staff network groups include the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
This role requires NMC Registration
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated individual to work as part of our established Upper GI/Hepato-biliary Nurse Specialist team at University Hospitals Dorset. The position is based on the Bournemouth site, however, there is the potential for cross-site working as we align our pathways.
This role encompasses every aspect of the patient’s cancer journey. You will become an integral part of the Upper GI/HPB team, delivering a high-quality patient-centred service acting as the patient’s key worker. The CNS team strives to ensure a coordinated and multi-professional approach to diagnosis, treatment, planning, and care provision for all patients and their families diagnosed or suspected to have an Upper GI/HPB malignancy.
If you are passionate about providing excellent care, have demonstrable success in working as part of a multi-professional team, and share our vision for further developing and improving the experience of patients and their families, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Act as key worker and utilise expert knowledge to provide comprehensive specialist advice, information and psychological support to patients and their families with a diagnosis of Upper GI/HPB cancer.
* Facilitate evidence-based, patient-centred care for a defined caseload of patients who have complex needs.
* Coordinate investigations and treatment and provide support to Upper GI/Hepatobiliary (HPB) cancer patients and their carers/families from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis, throughout treatment and follow-up care or palliation.
* Responsible for the development of innovative nursing practice and the provision of specialist advice within their field.
* Be an educational resource to all members of the MDT and the wider Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC registered Nurse
* First degree or equivalent
* Advanced communication skills
* Master’s degree/relevant modules or willingness to work towards
* Level 2 Psychological Skills Training
* Non-medical prescriber
Experience
* Demonstrable experience in Upper GI/HPB nursing
* Experience of being accountable for the delivery of a clinical/nursing service
* Experience of audit and research
* Experience of teaching
* Experience running Nurse Led Clinics
Skills
* Technical/clinical competencies relevant to Upper GI/HPB nursing
* Knowledge of EPR, Dorset Care Record and Care & Health Information Exchange
Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Sarah Trickett
Job title: Upper GI/HPB Clinical Cancer Specialist Nurse
Email address: sarah.trickett@uhd.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 019 4340
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