Main area Lung Cancer CNS Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 9 months (Secondment for internal applicants)
Hours: Part time - 27 hours per week
Job ref: 361-6978751
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Lung Cancer Specialist Support Nurse who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for a highly motivated qualified nurse who can demonstrate experience at Band 6, preferably working in the field of lung cancer or oncology care.
The successful candidate will be proactive, an excellent communicator, and able to manage a caseload.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of lung cancer care services within the trust as agreed with the Lead Nurse, in accordance with Trust and national guidance.
You will work with patients being investigated and having a confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer or Mesothelioma, ensuring that national targets are met in the delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
1. Liaising with all appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team and ensuring a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
2. Communicating sensitive condition-related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance.
3. Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.
4. Maintaining own knowledge, competence, and skill level through regular clinical supervision, appraisal, personal development plans, and appropriate training programmes.
5. Working in partnership with other professional, health and social care organisations to embed these principles.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered nurse education to Degree level or willingness to undertake
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Teaching qualification
* Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
* Advanced clinical assessment
* Research Module Masters Degree
* Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
* Accept personal accountability for own practice
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Experience of initiating change
* Understanding evidence-based practice
* Experience of Clinical Governance
* Understanding of patient pathways and their complexities and how to support patients through this
Skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleague’s needs
* Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Ability to lead developments in practice
* Commitment to multi-disciplinary working
* Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
* Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly
* Advanced communication skills
Other Requirements
* To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
* Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic situations
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development, and service delivery
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include: We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners.
Respect: We create a safe environment where we are curious about the lived experience of others.
Improve: We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve.
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