Job vacancy: Lead Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry

Job summary

Main area: Head and Neck
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 218-NM-B8A-6912706

Employer: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town: Coventry
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/02/2025

Lead Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.
Responsible for the provision of a high-quality professional nursing service across the Head and Neck two week wait service, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
Contributes to development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines across a number of departments, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
Support the Divisional Director of Operations with the General Manager in ensuring service objectives are met. Support the Group Director of Nursing in developing nursing services, deputising as required.
Responsible for the efficient management of processes e.g. complaints within a defined area e.g. complaints; training and development; appraisal and patient flow.
Utilise information and IT systems to produce accurate and timely workforce and resource data and reports.
Responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of projects to improve patient care and service development through the audit cycle, linking to the clinical governance framework and business planning process. Utilise extensive understanding of the Head and Neck cancer pathway to deliver specialist nursing to Head and Neck patients at all points of the pathway.
Undertake direct workload requiring moderate to high physical effort according to patient dependency or staff need.
Demonstrate through effective leadership the ability to provide professional and emotional support to individuals and groups, e.g., during difficult situations or unexpected events.
Accountable for maintaining a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control at all times.
Responsible for adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy and Divisional objectives designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from clinical and non-clinical risk and known hazards.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Clare Baker
Job title: Lead Nurse for Surgery
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 02476966221

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Lead Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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