The band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist will work within a small but dynamic team caring for patients with potential and diagnosed UGI cancer. Streamlining their pathway and working closely with endoscopy departments, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices, district nursing team, Macmillan services and tertiary care.
Main duties of the job
1. Participates in research and clinical audits in own specialist area.
2. To provide nursing care at an advanced level.
3. Provide and assess the need for symptomatic and psychological support to patients by maintaining close contact by use of telephone, outpatient and ward visits.
4. To provide information and ongoing support to newly diagnosed cancer patients.
5. To participate in trust wide educational events and be available as a learning resource.
6. To support in the delivery of the faster diagnosis/62 day pathway cancer target.
7. To support in the delivery of the 18 week RTT performance target.
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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for cancer/benign patients including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
2. To act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers to provide a seamless pathway of care to patients across all Upper GI services.
3. Provide a nursing contribution to policy and clinical service development within the upper GI service.
4. Contribute to the Trust strategic agenda.
5. Act as a key point of contact to ensure timely care and treatment for all patients on an upper GI pathway.
6. Delivery of cancer review/benign outpatient clinics.
7. Support the Upper GI Consultant Surgeons in results clinics.
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 organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* 1st Level live NMC required Registered Nurse
* Registered Mentor
* PP126/127 or equivalent
* D32/33
* Degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training and experience or equivalent
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
Desirable
* Non Medical Prescribing Qualification
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
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