Job summary
- Main area
- haematology/oncology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (would consider a secondment)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP03301
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- poole/bournemouth
- Town
- poole
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lymph node Accelerated Pathway CNS
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our haematology/oncology teams in UHD to continue to run our hugely successful Lymph Node Accelerated Pathway as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. The aim of this 12 month fixed term post will be to continue to identify and manage the patient caseload with the ability to audit the workload to support future developments across UHD. This role supports the Faster Diagnosis Framework developed by the NHS England Cancer Programme (2021).
The role will provide high quality, specialist, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers during the diagnostic period.
The successful candidate will influence all related aspects of care and management of patients and deliver individualised and personalised direct patient care.
The ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals is key to this role.
To work in conjunction with the management team and senior doctors to ensure the provision of high-quality evidence based patient care.
Base Location: Poole/Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers during the diagnostic period, ensuring timely and appropriate investigations suspected into their pathological lymph nodes and appropriate referral to specialities as required.
For further information please see the job description.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information of a detailed job description please see the job description attached to the advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- registered nurse
- post registration haematology/oncology experience
- degree level study
Desirable criteria
- teaching qualification
- history taking and physical examination
- masters level qualification
- advanced communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- experience working in haematology/oncology setting
- experience working at Band 6 or above in relevant setting
- experience of audits
Desirable criteria
- working in nurse led clinics
Skills
Essential criteria
- clinical, managerial and leadership skills
- excellent communication skills
- ability to use IT systems
Desirable criteria
- teaching skills
- history taking and physical assessment skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- undertaking audits
- knowledge of haematology./oncology conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Valentine
- Job title
- CNS Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jemima Greenwood
Senior Matron for cancer care
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