We have an exciting opportunity to come and join our very successful and innovative Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist Service at Kettering General Hospital., Your role will be supporting patients and families with Upper GI cancers. The successful candidate will have experience of working with cancer patients and in particular patients with an upper GI malignancy. You will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team ensuring that patients with a GI malignancy receive the highest standard of care and support from the time of referral to diagnosis and throughout the cancer pathway. The post holder will be an active member of both the local and specialist Upper GI cancer MDT's
We are looking to recruit a compassionate nurse Band 7 Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our existing upper GI nursing team. You will be working opposite the existing band 7 CNS. The post is 18.5 hours.
You will need to have been a band 6 for at least 2 years and preferably with experience and in depth knowledge for the provision of care to patients and families affected with cancer or equivalent to have experience of running the clinics. You will need to be a compassionate and resilient person. We require you to possess excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to work efficiently in a disciplinary team and manage stressful situations.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire. Our Excellence Values: Compassion Respect Integrity Courageous Accountable