An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Sarcoma team at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in sarcoma as a full time fixed term CNS, to cover maternity leave.
The post holder will provide specialist advice and support to patients and their carers throughout their care pathway, as well as providing education and support to staff throughout the trust. The post holder will support the consultant team as well as delivering nurse led services for patients with sarcoma.
This role is currently based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool.
You should possess advanced clinical skills, be an excellent communicator, leader and educator, and be highly motivated to lead and deliver a service. A background in cancer nursing is ideal, recent experience in working within the specialty of sarcoma/oncology would be essential.
For further details / informal visits contact:
tracy.thomas3@nhs.net
Or
Lucyjane.taylor@nhs.net
Laura.ryder1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
1. Leads the development of patient-focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
2. Be an active part in attending case conferences, SRGs and MDTs as required.
3. Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views.
4. Takes personal responsibility for lifelong learning and personal development through clinical supervision, appraisal and maintaining compliance with Trust mandatory training.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
Kind
Empowered
Responsible
Inclusive
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered General Nurse
* Degree in healthcare related subject
* Evidence of Masters level learning
* Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject.
* Advanced Communications Skills training or prepared to work towards
* Recognised Leadership qualification
Desirable
* Psychological skills training- Level 2 or above
* MSc Clinical Examination
* MSc Research qualification
Experience
Essential
* Relevant post registration experience, at Band 6 or above, in cancer, palliative care or the specialty.
* Experience of teaching
* In-depth specialist experience
* Leadership and management experience
* Experience of multi-professional working
* Evidence of advanced communications skills
* Ability to lead and influence change
Desirable
* HNA training and undertaking eHNA
* Experience of writing policies and procedures
* Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
* Experience of audit and research
* Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK.
Knowledge
Essential
* In depth understanding of evidence based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
* Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience of multi-professional working
* Evidence of advanced communications skills
* Ability to lead and influence change
Employer details
Employer name
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
65 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L7 8YA
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