Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward-thinking, enthusiastic and dynamic senior nurse to join our well-established Thoracic Oncology team at Royal Papworth Hospital, a tertiary referral centre for Lung cancer.
The Lead Nurse will provide clinical nurse leadership to co-ordinate the delivery of a comprehensive oncology service working collaboratively with other members of the team.
The Lead Nurse will support the Thoracic Oncology team to further build their clinical capability and confidence. We are really interested, not just in your clinical excellence, but also your ability to be a visible, optimistic, and compassionate leader who will develop staff by understanding their needs and aspirations, bringing your ideas, and actively contributing to further improve collaborative working across the clinical areas.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a co-lead for the Oncology Service with the Clinical Director and Operational Lead, supporting the development of clinical strategy for Oncology Care to enable the team to deliver timely, clinically effective patient care that meets national standards.
If you believe that you have the relevant skills, experience, and values we are seeking, we look forward to receiving your application.
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered nurse educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
* Valid NMC registration
* Advanced practitioner skills or willingness to work towards
* Professional non-medical prescriber or willingness to work towards
* Teaching qualification
* Root Cause Analysis / Investigation training
Experience
* Experience working within Oncology.
* Experience of empowering staff to develop and lead within their areas of responsibility.
* Experience of managing change
* Developing and executing ideas to improve patient experience/staff engagement/services
* Experience in staff development- mentorship, coaching, supervision
* Experience at Band 7 or above
* Evidence of ongoing professional and managerial development.
* Able to interpret clinical information and report as appropriate
* Be able to lead staff in a compassionate and collective way ensuring that their health and wellbeing is a priority.
* Collaborate effectively with operational and clinical colleagues to improve patient care and experience and to build strong staff engagement.
* Be able to give honest and professional challenge to colleagues.
* Be able to develop the clinical capability and confidence of individuals and teams and encourage innovation and curiosity about how improvements can be made.
* Clinical and operational leadership
* Involvement in research project in clinical environment or related environment.
Additional Criteria
* Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
* Be able to work constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
* Presentation skills including communicating complex and sensitive information to groups.
* Flexibility: Ability to cope with new and changing demands and emotionally demanding situations e.g. dealing with distressed patients and sometimes challenging visitors and staff
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.
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