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Job overview

This post will be based at ELHT with the main purpose of leading the HPB cancer nursing service. 

The Lead CNS role will:

Liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries

Work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research based and enhance the quality of patient care

Undertake nurse led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics and services

Develop a nurse-led service and pathway for pancreatic cysts

Line manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality

Lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development, and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole

Contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients

Contribute to training and education within specialist area

Promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities

Act as a visible role model and expert practitioner

Main duties of the job

To lead on the provision of a clear focus for nursing clinical leadership across the HPB nursing service and to be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality patient care

Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions

To be responsible and accountable for the provision of expert and specialised care, in collaboration with the specialist MDT

To be responsible for the implementation of audit, quality and risk management initiatives and support the evaluation of the HPB nursing service including patient experience

To maintain a patient-centred approach when planning care, involving patients, carers and members of the MDT in care decisions

Ensure quality is central to clinical practice by delivering evidenced based individualised care, through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of care promoting personalised at all times

Support patients in the delivery of care and meeting their health and wellbeing needs by providing expert advice and information, promoting their wishes and beliefs and addressing their concerns

To lead on the development and monitoring of referral pathways, protocols, policies and guidelines with particular relevance to the HPB service

Working for our organisation

To ensure that relevant robust data is collected which can be used to evaluate and improve care and service delivery

Review and evaluate services collaboratively with own and other professions and users, identifying areas for service development and acting on this accordingly, making best use of resources, improve practice and health outcomes in line with local and national best practice.

To lead on the identification of service risk/s and act in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures

To ensure completion of clinical incident reporting where an adverse incident is identified which has caused harm or has the potential to cause harm to a patient, staff member or any individual

Participate in developing a shared vision of the service and work with the multi-disciplinary team, organisation and external agencies to achieve this

Lead on the development and implementation of national policy and practice initiatives and to implement these at a local level within the speciality

Develop evidence based standards, policies and guidelines at a local, network and national level to improve the practice of own and other professions

Provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and associated staff, and ensure the provision of a high quality, responsive nursing service.

Engage in the implementation of improvements in nursing practices within own areas of responsibility in line with local and national agenda and patient feedback.