The Sarcoma Service at UCLH is part of The London Sarcoma Service, one of the largest sarcoma services in Europe with an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients with sarcoma.
Sarcoma patients at UCLH are treated within the Department of Oncology, offering complex chemotherapy and radiotherapy to patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join our Sarcoma team as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. The successful applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing expert specialist care to patients with Sarcoma, caring for patients with complex issues related to their disease and its treatment. You will be expected to work autonomously, running nurse-led clinics for clearly defined patient groups within the Sarcoma specialty. Excellent communication skills, clinical skills, leadership, knowledge, and pragmatic thought processes are needed for this role. You will also have an enthusiasm for service review and development, leading or participating in service improvements to continue to develop the highest quality service and patient experience.
The service is part of the renowned cancer nursing service at UCLH, and we provide professional development, both in-job and through postgraduate pathways. You will have the opportunity to attend national and international conferences.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated nurse with cancer experience who will lead the development of expert care for patients with Sarcoma. Skills and qualities required for this post include:
* Excellent communication skills with both patients and staff.
* A collaborative approach with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), working across professional and organisational boundaries as necessary to provide a comprehensive patient-focused service.
* Delivery of complex information in a clear and sensitive manner for our patients and their loved ones.
* A desire to develop nurse-led research and audit within the Sarcoma service.
* Expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management skills, and the ability to deliver high-quality nurse-led clinics.
* Non-medical prescribing course desirable.
* A commitment to delivering the highest quality, safe patient experience.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
* University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
* National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
* University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
* Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
* University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
* The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine, and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork, and improving - are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Practice autonomously as an ANP using collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage, and evaluate clinical nursing and medical care in the management of patients.
Take responsibility for the management of patients within your own caseload and supervision/development of junior members of the multi-professional team.
Identify the need for appropriate diagnostic tests and interpret the results.
Share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across primary and secondary care as appropriate.
Lead on specific audit cycles to enhance the quality of clinical nursing and medical practice.
Promote and lead nursing research within the Sarcoma service.
Lead on the development of specific guidelines, protocols, and standards.
Contribute to multidisciplinary, national and international team guidelines.
We are driven by our objective to offer the highest standards of staff and patient experience in the Cancer Division. We work closely as a team providing support to each other so we can work together to provide excellent care to patients that reflects the values of the Trust and how we would expect our own family and friends to be cared for.
We can offer flexible working and a wide range of staff development opportunities to help you develop yourself and your career.
We are committed to equality and diversity, recognising the unique contribution each individual can make to our team and patients.
The Trust offers a number of staff benefits including season ticket loan, retail discounts, and the cycle to work scheme. This post is part of the Agenda for Change terms and Conditions with Annual Leave entitlement reflecting your length of service.
The wellbeing of staff is a Trust priority, and we offer wellbeing and psychological support services, and within the Oncology team, debriefs, clinical supervision, and wellbeing initiatives including complementary therapy.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse Part 1, 12, or Educated to Masters Level or equivalent experience.
* Teaching and assessing course.
* Leadership course.
Desirable
* Experience at Advanced Nurse Practitioner level.
* Advanced physical assessment module at MSc level.
* Non-medical prescribing at BSc or MSc.
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Evidence of developing and leading nurse-led clinics and services.
* Demonstrates a commitment to create a culture of learning and development in the practice setting.
* Able to organize and prioritise own workload and that of others.
* Able to work on/under own initiative.
* Experience in delivering evidence-based practice.
* Lead and practice at an advanced level.
* Proven competencies in clinical skills.
Personal and People Development
Essential
* Demonstrates evidence of professional development and maintains an updated portfolio.
* Experience working as a preceptor/facilitator.
* Reflective in Practice.
* Prioritises own workload.
* Able to understand how to manage processes regarding poor performance in line with Trust policies.
* Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
* Ability to negotiate effectively with different disciplines.
* Decision-making skills.
* Ability to resolve complex problems.
* Ability to initiate, sustain, and evaluate change.
Service Improvement
Essential
* Able to deliver evidence-based practice.
Quality & Other requirements
Essential
* Experience of developing standards, guidelines, and policies.
* Experience in audit and evaluation of practice and services.
* Evidence of good written and oral communication skills including presentation skills.
* Flexible approach to shift patterns.
Professional Development & Education
Essential
* Demonstrates evidence of professional development. In-depth knowledge of current sarcoma issues.
* Experience working as a preceptor/facilitator.
* Experience in teaching members of the multidisciplinary team and responding to learning needs.
* Commitment to ongoing implementation of the Trust nursing & midwifery strategy.
Health, Safety And Security
Essential
* Monitors and maintains health, safety, and security of self and others.
* Promotes, monitors, and maintains best practice in health, safety, and security.
Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs
Essential
* Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical area and has a clear vision of the role.
* Committed to providing safe, effective, and timely patient-centred care in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Core standards.
Information collection and analysis
Essential
* Able to use IT to disseminate information e.g. e-mail, PowerPoint, and Excel.
* Able to work with Electronic Patient Records.
Learning and Development & People management
Essential
* Practical experience in teaching patients and staff.
* Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
* Skills in critical analysis and application of research to practice.
* Act as a professional role model.
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
EGA
25 Grafton Way
London
WC1E 6DB
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