To provide clinical excellence, leadership, innovation and facilitated learning, the post holder will have responsibility for leading and developing this specialty service to provide equitable care to patients presenting with urological cancers and act as a resource to carers, Multi-disciplinary colleagues and the primary health care team.
Please note, if you do not meet the essential criteria for a Band 6, you will be appointed as a Band 5 until all competencies and training requirements are met.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage a supervised caseload/client group providing highly specialist expert nursing advice, information and support to patients with urological cancer and their families at all stages of their disease and in particular whilst they are being cared for at South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust thus ensuring a smooth transition of care from primary surgery through to radiotherapy/chemotherapy and into the community, to discharge or death, thereby establishing links between the acute and primary care group, supporting both patient and carers.
The post holder will liaise with services within South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. They will liaise with other key partners such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Northern Cancer Alliance, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Primary Care Trusts, Social Services and Hospices to enable and ensure quality service provision for all patients under their care. They will provide assistance, support and health promotion advice to other staff, whilst improving clinical practice, enhancing service provision and streamlining patient focused care. The post holder will be an active core member of the multi-disciplinary team and network with other professionals, locally and nationally for the purpose of developing practice, research and audit, development of standardised patient information, and clinical supervision.
About us
Leadership and Improvement Training South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
1. Your Leadership Impact
2. Leading your Team to Success
3. Leading Into the Future
4. Service Improvement for Beginners
5. Developing your Service Improvement Skills
6. Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust values and behaviours
3. Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Knowledge of audit and research processes and its application
* Knowledge of the Clinical Governance agenda and NHS Plan
* Knowledge about the development of the specialist nurse role in a modern NHS
Desirable
* In-depth level of knowledge of urological cancers and ongoing management
* Knowledge of strategic issues which influence management of cancer patients
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING B5
Essential
* Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing.
* Registered as fit to practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Experience B5
Essential
* Experience of Multi-disciplinary working.
Desirable
* Experience working within an acute or community setting
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING B6
Essential
* NMC level 1 registration
* 1st level degree or working towards
* Specialist qualification in cancer care/palliative care/urological nursing or willing to undertake
* Advanced communication skills course or willing to undertake
Experience B6
Essential
* Extensive post registration experience.
* Recent experience in cancer/urology nursing.
* Experience of input into audit
* Experience in managing change
* Experience of working within a busy clinical environment and within multidisciplinary teams.
Desirable
* Experience in providing care for patients with urological cancer or other long term conditions
* Experience of developing protocols and guidelines
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
328-DUG-6620368
#J-18808-Ljbffr