University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Oncology/Gynaecological Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Job summary

We are excited to announce an opportunity that has arisen for a Band 7 Oncology/Gynaecological Clinical Nurse Specialist. If you are an experienced nurse who is passionate about supporting our female patients diagnosed with cancer and committed to delivering high quality compassionate care. Then we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Gynae Oncology. You will be working alongside other clinical colleagues to support the facilitation of high-quality care within the Gynae-Oncology Services.

You will be providing a specialist nursing service, offering holistic, patient centred and sensitive care to women who are being treated, or living with and beyond cancer.

As the clinical nurse specialist you will provide a high-quality nursing service for patients with Gynaecological cancers. You will act as a clinical expert and professional resource within the multi- professional team, patients, and carers for the Gynaecology-oncology service.

You will be involved in seeing new patients in clinic and supporting them through Radiotherapy, Brachytherapy and SACT as well as follow up clinics. Supporting medical and clinical gynaecological/oncology patients in the inpatient areas as well.

You will provide a direct line telephone contact service for patients with gynae malignancies and their family members offering on-going advice, information, and support.

Main duties of the job

Qualifications and Professional Training essential

NMC Registration.

Specialist training and experience to supplement degree.

Non medical prescribing qualification or commitment to undertake.

Knowledge and experience essential

Experience in communication skills in very emotive situations.

Experience of autonomous working.

Ability to manage and prioritise own workload.

Evidence of ongoing CPD.

Band 6 experience within chemotherapy and cancer.

Desirable

Experience within the designated speciality.

Degree level education.

Knowledge of SACT.

Knowledge of radiotherapy and Brachytherapy.

Skills and Abilities essential

Clinical assessment skills module at minimum of degree level or equivalent or commitment to undertake.

Plans delivery of specialist nursing care.

Coordinates multi-disciplinary activities within speciality service.

Provides high level of speciality advice.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

08 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1079043YS

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role )
* Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short
courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
* Recognised mentorship course

Experience

Essential

* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
* Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
* Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
* Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
* Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
* Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
* Experience of patient service user advocacy role
* Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess,plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to
patients / relatives/ care staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role )
* Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short
courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
* Recognised mentorship course

Experience

Essential

* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
* Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
* Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
* Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
* Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
* Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
* Experience of patient service user advocacy role
* Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess,plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to
patients / relatives/ care 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)