Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking to appoint a compassionate, enthusiastic and flexible Breast Specialist Nurse to join our dedicated and skilled team.
You'll provide high-quality physical and psychological care throughout the patient journey – from diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Your role will also include acting as a resource for patients, carers and healthcare professionals, ensuring the delivery of outstanding care.
In this role, you will lead nurse-led follow-up clinics, perform clinical examinations and make clinical decisions in line with the multidisciplinary team. You will also be a key figure in counselling patients and their families, providing them with crucial information and emotional support during what can be a difficult time.
As part of a forward-thinking team, you will be expected to implement service improvements and ensure the smooth delivery of care through policy development, adherence to procedures and active involvement in training and mentoring staff. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take on a leadership role in an environment that values compassion, expertise and a holistic approach to patient care.
To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents
In May 2020, Kings Mill Hospital, was rated Outstanding by the CQC. Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital are both rated Good and all 15 of our services are rated Good for Safety with 5 Outstanding services. We know safe, patient centred care is delivered by well supported people and in 2018 and 2019 colleagues at Sherwood rated us the best Acute Trust in the Midlands. In 2019, in the Freedom to Speak Up Index, we were the top rated Acute Trust in the East Midlands.
In 2019 and 2020 we made the shortlist for HSJ Acute Trust of the Year.
We provide outstanding healthcare across the community to 500,000 people in Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work with 5,000 colleagues in our three hospitals and have well established relationships with health and social care partners through the Mid Notts Integrated Care Partnership.
To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025
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