This is a great opportunity to join a new innovative service within cancer care. The Acute Oncology service is looking for enthusiastic and motivated permanent band 6 nurses.
If you are a compassionate skilled cancer nurse, a skilled emergency or medical nurse with a passion for working within cancer services with the motivation to develop your skills, someone who thrives in an ever-changing environment, and enjoys fast-paced care while being committed to helping the current team shape the future, then this role is for you. You will need to have skills in leadership, be forward-thinking, innovative, and delegative.
You will be joining a newly revised and evolving service that supports 7-day working and provides front door assessments to patients who have side effects from their cancer and/or the treatments involved. This exciting opportunity will give you the skills to become a UKONs telephone triage nurse, where you will participate on the rota to triage patients over the phone and direct them onto appropriate pathways. Opportunities for continued learning and involvement in the UKONs AOS forum are also available.
If you have a passion for cancer care and would like a career in helping to lead an innovative service for our local population, then this is the role for you.
* The AOS Cancer nurse practitioner brings together disciplines from Cancer Emergency department, acute medicine, supportive, and palliative care to provide a cohesive service for people presenting with oncological emergencies. You will be an active and visible practitioner providing timely advice and guidance within the Acute setting to support the management of patients with a new or known cancer diagnosis who present as an emergency.
* The Nurse practitioner will autonomously, or with senior nurse/medical colleagues, demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and management of patients.
* Strategic planning, education, research, and audit are key components of the role. The post holder will, with support and development, exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion, and decision-making in clinical care.
This post will coordinate the acute oncology service and provide early input of specialist nursing care to oncology patients enabling:
* Efficient and focused care of patients with complications of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT)
* NNS pathway
* Key worker for CUP patients
* Early recognition, intervention, and appropriate treatment of acute conditions, admission avoidance, and reduced length of stay
* Direct access to oncology input for patients with metastatic malignancy of unknown origin, supporting the use of appropriate investigations;
The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the personal and professional development of staff and services. The AOS is primarily based on the acute site, working across many boundaries and building on existing and new relationships.
We are committed to the improvement of patient care. The Cancer Clinical Nurse Practitioner role is recognised nationally within Cancer and Palliative care nursing and medical workforce framework as key to providing focused innovative specialist care to patients with a life-changing diagnosis.
The continued development of increasingly advanced nurse-led services is key to facilitating the evolving and increasingly complex cancer and long-term condition management pathway.
Why Work With Us
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Tessa Clark
Job title: Lead AOS Nurse
Email address: tessabuckley@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01803 655564
Sam Brenton
Email: sam.brenton@nhs.net
Telephone: 01803 655543
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