An exciting opportunity for a full time Senior Head and Neck CNS has arisen to support our Head and Neck cancer patients across our hospitals in HHFT.
The post holder will work collaboratively, as a core member of the Head and Neck team, with key groups of staff at Hampshire Hospitals and connect work collaboratively with Guilford and Southampton Hospital and community and primary care settings as appropriate.
The Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist will apply advanced technical knowledge of cancer and treatment within the speciality to oversee and co-ordinate services, personalise the pathway of care for individual patients to ensure the complex information and support needs of patients and families are addressed. Acting as a clinical expert within Head and Neck as a role model demonstrating high standards of quality care and providing clinical leadership to others.
Supporting the Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse and Lead Nurse for Head and Neck to ensure the development of clinical nursing services with the field implementing National cancer Initiatives at a local level contributing towards strategic decision making and implementing policies appropriate to the speciality.
Provide expert clinical advice and education to patients promoting a culture that supports self-management and health and wellbeing.
Delivers specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care.
To participate in audit, research, education, and development in relation to the provision of general and specialist care across the departmental, directorate and trust boundaries, providing a patient centred seamless service.
The post holder will have to line manage the remaining nurse specialist team and will endeavour to deliver a unified service across Hampshire Hospitals.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action orcontactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025
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