Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Town Liverpool
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 12/02/2025 23:59
Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Specialist Sarcoma Multidisciplinary Team as the Lead core nurse member. To undertake the Key worker role as identified in the 2004 Manual of Cancer Standards providing support, information and advocacy for sarcoma cancer patients and their carers.
To work in collaboration with clinical colleagues to develop and improve services and the quality of care provided for sarcoma patients in line with national guidelines including the NHS Cancer Plan and Improving Outcomes Guidance.
To provide advice and support for all members of the MDT in the care of sarcoma patients at any stage of their disease.
Provide leadership and direction to the team acting as a role model and patient advocate. Assess, plan, and implement care providing advice and maintaining associated records. Manage staff team and a budget.
Involve other practitioners and agencies to meet complex needs.
Main duties of the job
The sarcoma CNS team leader is responsible for delivering high quality co-ordination care to support the Orthopaedic Sarcoma service on a day to day basis. The team leader has managerial responsibilities ensuring all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to within their own practice. The post holder will lead a team to provide adequate cover and ensure the service is supported throughout periods of sickness and or absence due to holidays. The post holder will be a point of reference for the Orthopaedic Sarcoma Service and will lead by example to provide an exemplary model for others to follow. The post holder must have excellent communication skills to communicate with patients, relatives and all members of the multi-disciplinary team as well as outside agencies. The post holder will be actively involved with the team in collecting evidence and supporting service improvement and development according to National cancer Peer Review Programme.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the Multi-Professional team, patients and carers within their Speciality Service. The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (General Manager, Lead Clinician, Matron, Service Manager etc) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered. The post holder will be expected to provide first-line management and lead a team of specialist nurses. This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role, clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate and through audit and education. The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined case load or offering “highly specialist service advice” which will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group / speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the speciality.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Midwife
* Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
* Recognised Teaching Qualification
* First Degree
* Research qualification
* Masters
Experience
* Demonstrable Post-Reg. experience
* Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
* Extensive clinical experience
* Evidence of the application of management / leadership skills and managing staff
* Experience as Specialist Sister
* Participation in research
Knowledge and Skills
* Teaching / assessment skills
* Organisation and negotiation skills
* Evidence of audit and change management ability
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Evidence of leading and facilitating change
* ECDL
Other
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Diplomatic
* Assertive and confident
* Personal and professional maturity
* Recognition of own limitations
* Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
* Flexibility
* Able to travel between sites
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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