Macmillan Nurse Specialist - Breast Care
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic, pro-active and highly motivated individual to join the Newcastle Hospitals breast care nursing team, as a band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will be joining a well-established and growing team of Breast Care Nurse Specialists who provide an excellent service to patients who have been diagnosed with early breast cancer who require a comprehensive programme of support throughout their diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
We are looking for an individual who is forward thinking, responsive to the needs of patients and the service and appreciates working within a multi-disciplinary team.
The successful applicant will have significant post registration experience with the ability to work autonomously and as part of the breast specialist team.
In return we will provide you with excellent personal and career development opportunities: we have a strong commitment to high levels of support within the nursing team, in order to facilitate your development. We actively encourage all team members to be involved in shaping the service we offer our patients.
The breast service also contains the North East of England Breast Screening Service.
Main duties of the job
* Coordinate the Patients journey through the Breast Care Service.
* Acts as Key Worker for Breast Cancer patients.
* Act as clinical supervisor to peers.
* Provide specialist clinical advice/support/information to Patients, Carers, Relatives, Breast Care Core/Extended Team Members and staff/organisations associated to the speciality.
* Enable patients with specialist breast care needs to attain their best possible quality of life and promote their cancer journey experience - acting as patient advocate when required.
* Require enhanced communication skills to break bad news on a frequent basis and provide telephone counselling.
* Drainage of Seroma.
* Prescribe Permanent Breast Prosthetics.
* Refer patients onto other Specialities as appropriate.
* Act upon referrals from other members of the Multi Professional Health Care Team/Providers, Community Practitioners, GPs, Patients and Carers.
* Monitor the Cancer Targets for Breast Care.
* Notify Primary Health Care Teams of Serious diagnosis.
About us
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from various sites. These include:
* Freeman Hospital
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS
Job responsibilities
* The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust defines a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of the role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.
* Within the sphere of specialist practice:
o Is working towards advanced knowledge and skills within specialist sphere of practice.
o Contributes to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
o Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
o Contributes to training and education within specialist area.
The role will involve working across the organisation to provide Breast Care Services at the Freeman and Royal Victoria Infirmary as required.
Working with adult patients who have or fear that they may have breast cancer. These may be in-patients, out-patients and/or day care patients in the Speciality of Breast Care (or those referred for an opinion from other specialities). They may have substantial informational, emotional and personal needs.
This post involves giving and receiving highly complex and sensitive information. Flexibility is required as Clinic Workload and Patient Emotional Response is unpredictable and patients may require rapid access to the breast care service.
National Targets/Standards in relation to Breast Cancer Care have a yearly review. This requires a yearly response from the Breast Care Team.
Involvement in the Cancer Network is expected in this role.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role.
* Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
* Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context.
* Has understanding/experience of adult/child safeguarding.
* Extensive knowledge of the National Breast Screening Programme.
Skills
* Effective report writing skills.
* Able to work independently and as a member of a team.
* Effective organisation and time management skills.
* Current driving licence if relevant to role.
* Change management skills and involvement in project work.
Experience
* Some post registration experience within related specialist area of practice.
* Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment.
* Research or audit experience.
* Evidence of contribution towards education and training programmes.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch).
* Current NMC registration.
* Diploma plus specialist qualifications/experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study.
* Degree in health related subject.
* Advanced Breast Care Nursing qualification.
* Advanced Communication Skills Training.
* Counselling Certificate (minimum 100 hours).
* Teaching qualification 998, 126/127, or City and Guilds 730.
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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