An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and experienced Breast Care nurse to join our team in breast surgery as a Senior Nurse Specialist. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Nurse to join our team as a lead. This role will be primarily focused on supporting patients once on the patient-initiated follow-up pathway; however, there will be some job-planned low-risk and one-stop clinics.
We are looking for a dynamic, experienced individual who is productive and patient-focused, and as centered as us in our purpose to treat our patients with exceptional care. The individual will need excellent communication skills to network and interact with staff and colleagues at all levels. You will need experience in supporting patients at diagnosis and through the cancer pathway and post-treatment.
We are seeking to maintain and expand our team of Clinical Nurse Specialists as we move into an exciting new future. This is a great opportunity to work within a fantastic team where you will be working very closely with Nurse Specialists, Doctors, Consultants, Radiologists, and the wider MDT.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
This exciting role will give the post-holder the opportunity to contribute to the specialist care and management of patients, mainly in the outpatient setting, who have been referred with a suspected diagnosis, diagnosed, or treated for cancer. This team is passionate about using their expertise to offer a very high standard of care and emotional support to patients.
A period of supernumerary practice will be given, and your development will be through a competency-based framework which you will complete whilst in post. There will be plenty of opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills with support for ongoing professional development to advance your clinical skills and practice.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centers. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programs of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To assess patients, plan and implement care including emotional and psychological needs.
2. Provide education and training to other staff.
3. Within the focus of Specialist Practice (Breast Care): Assist in specialist nursing procedures and clinical support for this designated group of patients.
4. As a member of the breast sub-unit, be involved in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the service and the specialist nursing care provided for this designated group of patients. This input is maintained throughout the patient journey from initial assessment, throughout surgical treatment, and until discharge following patient-initiated follow-up.
5. Assist in specialist education and training to members of the multidisciplinary team, nursing colleagues, and others external to the organization.
6. Participate in research and clinical audit in own specialist area of practice.
7. This post is both a senior clinical post and a leadership role.
8. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables, and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organizational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Professional Registration
Essential
* RGN part 1 of NMC register
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
* Accredited teaching certificates
* Evidence of specialist training/experience to master's level or equivalent
* Accredited Counseling skills course or equivalent experience
Desirable
* Leadership course
* Advanced communication skills course
* Master's degree
* Advanced IT skills
Experience and knowledge
Desirable
* Experience of working in the specialty at a senior level
* Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge & expertise through a combination of in-depth experience & postgraduate study
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
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