South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Due to further investment in cancer services within the Trust and ongoing commitment to providing excellent patient care & experience, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced, enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join our skilled Macmillan Neuro-Oncology Specialist Nursing Team.
We are looking for an individual who has the passion and drive to deliver high-quality individualised patient care. As the Neuro-Oncology - Specialist Nurse, you will contribute to the provision of expert nursing care for patients and their families with Brain and Central Nervous System (CNS) tumours and Base of Skull (BoS) tumours.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will be a core member of the specialist Brain and CNS and Base of Skull Tumour MDT and will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will work across the Trust linking closely with other professionals in providing specialist nursing care and advice to patients and clinical colleagues. You will contribute to expert clinical practice, multi-professional education, clinical audit, and service development. The post holder will have the opportunity to positively influence care for Brain and CNS/BoS patients and their families. Applicants must have significant post-registration experience; they must have additional experience within cancer care, palliative care, or neurosciences, and they will have a relevant first degree and show evidence of working at level 7.
This is a challenging and demanding role and requires a proactive, self-motivated, dedicated person who is capable of managing a highly complex care pathway across multiple agencies and services to ensure the highest quality of care and service delivery for all patients. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to manage your own workload, and have problem-solving skills. You will be an excellent team player but equally be able to work independently.
About Us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
* Leading your Team to Success
* Leading Into the Future
* Service Improvement for Beginners
* Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
* Explore leadership within the NHS
* Promote Trust values and behaviours
* Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
* Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job Responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
* Knowledge of strategic issues which influence management of the care of patients diagnosed with a primary Central Nervous System Tumour at a local, regional and national level.
* Knowledge of audit and research processes and its application.
* Ability to work in a complex environment across the whole of the Brain and CNS tumour pathway.
* Ability to design and deliver education, training and development.
* Expert level of knowledge of primary Brain and CNS tumour management and care of those undergoing neuro-oncology treatments.
* Oncology Nursing experience.
Experience
* Significant post-registration experience, with experience of working at a senior level.
* Recent experience in cancer/neurosciences or palliative care.
* Experience in supporting and managing for those with cancer.
* Experience of input into audit.
* Experience in managing change.
* Current teaching experience.
* Experience in providing care for patients with brain tumours or other long-term neurological conditions.
* Experience of developing protocols and guidelines.
Qualifications & Training
* NMC level 1 registration.
* Teaching Qualification.
* Advanced communications skills course or willing to undertake.
* Hold a record of continuous professional and academic development.
* Recognised counselling course or certificate.
* Non-medical prescribing.
* Master's degree or evidence of working at this level.
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.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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