Job summary
Job Title: Surgical Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: (Fixed Term of 24 months - Ends January 2027)
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Closing Date: 16th December 2024
Interview Date: 8th January 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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Main duties of the job
The clinical nurse specialist will be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing optimum quality care to the breast care patients within the hospital providing indirect and direct clinical care. The post holder will provide specialist nursing advice, care and support to patients with breast cancer, and benign breast conditions and will have knowledge and skills to work autonomously in manging their caseload. The post holder will require leadership and management skills to ensure the breast care unit is run effectively and efficiently.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers with a diagnosis of breast cancer, being assessed, coordinated or cared for in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients.
- To perform an effective key role within the multi-disciplinary team to deliver cancer waiting time targets and pathway communication.
- Responsible for effective management of departmental budget, procurement and maintenance of physical assets and supplies, dealing with complaints and clinical incidents.
- Provide leadership and effective management to staff employed within the service.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers with a diagnosis of breast cancer, being assessed, coordinated or cared for in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients.
- To perform an effective key role within the multi-disciplinary team to deliver cancer waiting time targets and pathway communication.
- Responsible for effective management of departmental budget, procurement and maintenance of physical assets and supplies, dealing with complaints and clinical incidents.
- Provide leadership and effective management to staff employed within the service.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant recent experience in oncology/palliative care or breast care nursing
- Multi-professional working
- Analytical and assessment skills.
- Demonstrates expertise in the management breast care services.
- Management of a team.
- Proven interest in working within Breast Care Clinical setting
- 3 years post registration
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Recognized breast Care qualification
- Degree or working towards a degree qualification.
- Evidence of continual professional development.
- Leadership/ mentoring course
- Advanced communication qualification level 2
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives in relation to conditions
- IT and word processing skills
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
- Able to present information to professional groups.
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
Desirable
- Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to perform in stressful and complex situation
- Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
- Flexible
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant recent experience in oncology/palliative care or breast care nursing
- Multi-professional working
- Analytical and assessment skills.
- Demonstrates expertise in the management breast care services.
- Management of a team.
- Proven interest in working within Breast Care Clinical setting
- 3 years post registration
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Recognized breast Care qualification
- Degree or working towards a degree qualification.
- Evidence of continual professional development.
- Leadership/ mentoring course
- Advanced communication qualification level 2
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives in relation to conditions
- IT and word processing skills
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
- Able to present information to professional groups.
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
Desirable
- Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to perform in stressful and complex situation
- Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
- Flexible
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.
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
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.
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).
