Macmillan Melanoma Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic nurse to join our team of Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Melanoma Skin cancer pathway.
To provide a service within St George's Hospital to patients with Melanoma cancer. The Clinical Nurse Specialist works as part of the multi-professional team, ensuring that this group of patients receives the highest standard of care and support from time of diagnosis and throughout the cancer pathway. The post holder will represent the Trust and the Lead Cancer Nurse at all meetings related to the cancer service framework and in particular those pertaining to Melanoma cancer.
Main duties of the job
As a pivotal member of the team, you will be passionate about the delivery of high quality, safe, and effective care to St George's cohort of Melanoma Cancer patients. You will meet patients post-diagnosis and act as a keyworker for them throughout their entire cancer pathway, including patients across the surgical and medical oncology treatment paradigms.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.
Person Specification
Skills
* Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Advanced communications skills course
* Psychological assessment level 2 course
Experience
* 2 years band 6/7 experience in oncology, plastics, melanoma / skin cancer
* Counselling Qualification
Qualifications
* Current NMC Registration
* Oncology module or other relevant qualification
* Masters Degree
* Physical Assessment Module
* Teaching Experience
Research
* Knowledge of current clinical and nursing research related to melanoma / skin cancer
* Ability to critically analyse data
* Ability to carry out an audit
* Research Course and/or experience
* Published work (articles/posters/conference presentation)
Knowledge
* An understanding of audit, research and evidence-based practice
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Management and Leadership
* Evidence of clinical leadership qualities
* Evidence of presentation skills
* Evidence of excellent documentation/written skills
* Ability to work autonomously or as part of a multi-professional team
* Experience of change management
* Knowledge of statistics and report writing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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