Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Macmillan Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist.
We have a rare opportunity for a new Lead Nurse Specialist in our Skin Cancer CNS team in Harrogate, based at Harrogate District Hospital.
You will be leading a small, experienced team of Nurse Specialists and a Cancer Care Coordinator; working alongside our fabulous team of 6 Dermatologists with adjoining Maxillo Facial services, feeding into tertiary care in Leeds for melanoma and non melanoma and to York for plastics.
Main duties of the job
The service provides clinical nursing expertise, diagnosis delivery and support, photodynamic therapy, follow up, education programmes and ongoing holistic support throughout treatment, follow up and transfer to palliative care. Robust, high quality nurse led services are in place and well supported, with opportunities for future expansion and professional development and we work closely with all HDFT cancer specialty CNSs and with CNS teams in York and Leeds.
Minimum Requirements
Previous experience and qualifications in skin cancer, or transferrable Oncology Nurse Specialist experience will be required.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
* A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
* Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
* Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Job responsibilities
For more information about this position please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* Qualification In Cancer and/or Skin cancer
* Evidence of continued professional development
* First level degree in related subject or willing to undertake
* Advanced communications skills Training
* Masters level learning or qualification
* Clinical examination
* Non medical Prescribing
Experience
* Relevant post registration Experience at band 6 or above in oncology or Dermatology
* Experience of multiprofessional working
* Evidence of good communication skills
* Ability to support and influence change
* Experience in Audit and/or patient involvement initiatives
Knowledge
* Knowledge of current national cancer strategy and how it impacts local service provision
* Understanding of a cancer diagnosis impact
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.
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