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Healthcare Assistant - Ward C18B, Blackburn
Client:
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Location:
Blackburn, United Kingdom
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
5b10d5549b41
Job Views:
4
Posted:
13.04.2025
Expiry Date:
28.05.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, innovative, and enthusiastic nurse to join our Colorectal Cancer Specialist Nursing Team. The post holder will work closely with the surgical and oncology team and the wider Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and be a senior member of the Colorectal Cancer Specialist Nurse Team. The post holder will play a pivotal role in supporting colorectal cancer patients along clinical pathways to continually improve the patient experience. This nurse should be motivated, dynamic, and possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills and be committed to working as part of the Colorectal Team at ELHT.
Main duties of the job
A Clinical Nurse Specialist in colorectal cancer provides expert advice, information, and support for patients and has the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships over a period of time. We require someone who can work both autonomously and as part of a team, and demonstrate leadership, innovation, and self-motivation.
Working for our organisation
Established in 2003, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated healthcare organisation providing high-quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal, and effective care. We currently provide high-quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year, from the most serious emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements. Working as a member of the Colorectal Team, the post holder will provide specialist nursing care to patients with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer. They will be responsible for the co-ordination of the patients’ treatment pathway, acting as a link between primary, secondary, and tertiary care. They will act as a named key contact for patients, relatives, and carers on behalf of the colorectal cancer MDT and provide support for patients and carers from the time of diagnosis onwards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to undertake holistic needs assessments and implement subsequent plans of care agreed with the patient and, if relevant, their family/carers. They will be responsible for the safe and effective care of colorectal cancer patients by effective assessment of complex needs which may require specialist intervention. They will act as patient advocates to ensure the delivery of care is focused on the colorectal cancer patient and family, support relevant clinical and non-clinical staff across hospital wards and departments and community care settings with regard to colorectal cancer issues and agendas, proactively support the wider MDT with planning, implementing, and evaluating care, support in the tracking of patients to ensure timely access to agreed treatment plans ensuring organisational compliance and achievement of cancer performance targets, and support in the developments and delivery of nurse-led risk stratified follow-up and patient supported self-management. They will work closely and collaboratively with the HPB team to provide ongoing cover for both services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* Has a degree in health-related subject or equivalent experience
* Post-registration qualification in colorectal nursing/oncology or willing to undertake
* Communication Skills Training
Experience
* Clinical experience in specialty or cancer-related area, normally a minimum of 2 years
* Recent experience of teaching and assessing in clinical area
Knowledge and Skills
Other
* Flexible approach to working to ensure delivery of service needs
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