An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual passionate about cancer services to join Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust as the Macmillan Deputy Lead Cancer Nurse.
In the role, you will deputise for the Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse specialising in the field of cancer care, leading, influencing, developing and expanding cancer services throughout the Trust and strategically influencing the direction of cancer nursing.
You must be able to demonstrate commitment and drive, along with excellent communication skills. Being a flexible and adaptable compassionate leader is also essential to the role.
You will work collaboratively with a variety of health care professionals from primary and secondary care settings, Integrated Care System, East of England Cancer Alliance, patients, their representatives and external agencies to ensure the delivery of cancer services within the Trust are consistent with both national and local strategy, to include relevant governance, quality and operational frameworks.
Responsible for the development of a high quality, effective and efficient service to patients and healthcare professionals through leadership and supervision, robust clinical governance and education.
Directly responsible for the line management of designated Cancer Nurse Specialists who are accountable and responsible for the leadership and direction of their teams and the services they deliver.
Support the East of England Cancer Alliance transformational projects to support the delivery of the Personalised Care agenda, along with other initiatives alongside the Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise To Our Patients As Identified By Our 3 Values Which Will Contribute To Improving Our Patient Experiences:
1. Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
2. Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
3. Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Edwards Job title: Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse Email address: louise.edwards7@nhs.net Telephone number: 01279 962214.
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