Job summary
The Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic (HPB)/ gastro intestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist will work in collaboration with the HPB/GI Multidisciplinary Team, providing clinical expertise, assessment of care and health needs of patients with pancreatic, liver, biliary, and gall bladder cancer conditions. Within this role, you will play a key role in supporting the efficient day-to-day operational management and service delivery of the HPB Oncology Service in partnership with the Multidisciplinary staff, ensuring efficient and effective use of resources to optimise quality whilst meeting HCA values.
Within this role, you will have the opportunity to network with HPB Cancer colleagues at local and regional meetings, to ensure continuous learning, maintain best practice and service innovation. We are looking for an expert practitioner within the specialty who has the ability to manage complex clinical situations, providing guidance, supervision, and/or training appropriate to peers and junior members of staff.
Within this role, you will act as a key worker for a clinical caseload of patients receiving treatment for HPB cancer, working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients. You will be actively involved in monitoring and developing HPB Oncology Services to ensure patients receive sustainable high-quality care that is safe and effective at The Harley Street Clinic/ LOC.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist is responsible for supporting patients throughout their illness, from pre-diagnosis onwards, so that the patient is well supported throughout. This is often referred to as a key worker.
They care for patients throughout their diagnosis and treatment. They take a key role in supporting the patients during their treatment and are an important member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT). The Clinical Nurse Specialist is a critical and consistent contact point for patients who often will need to interact with different parts of the hospital in order to receive optimal treatment.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will:
* Build trust with the physicians and patients through multidisciplinary care coordination.
* Assist in educating patients about their disease so they can make informed decisions about their care.
* Provide emotional support to the patient, family, and caregivers.
* Signpost patients to support networks, internally and externally.
* Advocate for the patient in the development of the treatment plan.
* Manage a caseload within their own scope of practice, with support from the wider clinical team.
Be a key worker throughout the patient pathway, regardless of facility and when the patient is transferred between facilities for different treatments.
* Manage a clinical caseload, working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients.
* Work within a clear care pathway, refer to other professionals and signpost to other agencies as appropriate.
* Assess the patients holistic needs regularly throughout their treatment pathway ensuring that any needs are supported through appropriate signposting.
* Promote self-management, risk stratifying patients into who can self-manage following education, those who will need guided support to self-manage, and those who will require ongoing, face-to-face support, in order to support people to live with and beyond the illness and its treatment.
* Assess the patients information needs and make sure they are aware of the full range of resources and services available within and beyond HCA, including recognised charities.
* Support the patient, their next of kin, and family/carers delivering excellent evidence-based individualised and personalised care.
* Enable patients to understand complex medical information to help them make informed decisions regarding their care and treatment.
* Demonstrate safe clinical judgement in evaluating, interpreting, and documenting the outcomes of nursing and other interventions including the evidence underpinning clinical practice.
* Order and analyse routine investigations relevant to clinical specialty, with appropriate training.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Oncology Experience
* Substantial nursing experience post-registration
* Substantial experience in HPB oncology
* NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: HCA Healthcare UK
Address: The Harley Street Clinic, 35 Weymouth Street, London, W1G 8BJ
Employer's website: HCA Healthcare UK
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