Specialist Nurse
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Royal Papworth Hospital (RPH) is an internationally renowned centre offering specialist care for patients with lung cancer and mesothelioma. We are offering a 1.0 WTE specialist nurse position to join our thriving Thoracic Oncology Service. We are looking for a resourceful, organised and flexible team player who takes pride in their excellent communication skills. The service runs Monday to Friday with no requirement for nights or weekends.
Royal Papworth Hospital is proud to employ a diverse workforce who are encouraged to use their individuality to provide exceptional and personalised patient care. We believe that our strength as an organisation relies on our ability to foster an environment which encourages using our differences as a strength.
Main duties of the job
The post involves supporting patients and their caregivers. This includes acting as a keyworker for patients during their diagnostic investigations and in the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and clinic settings. The successful applicant will work with Clinical Nurse Specialists and MDT colleagues, including chest physicians, oncologists, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists and administrative support, to provide comprehensive care to patients with a suspected or confirmed cancer diagnosis. Surgical investigations and treatments take place at RPH with oncology treatments at referring hospitals. An individualised orientation programme and access to relevant training and education will support professional development.
If you think you have these attributes and share our vision to support patients and their families throughout their cancer pathway, then we would love to hear from you.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Date posted
28 March 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-2324-2-TH568
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)








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