Non Site Specific Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 06 January 2025
Job summary
Part time - 15 hours per week.
Working as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) the Non-Site Specific (NSS) Oncology Specialist Nurse will work as an autonomous, professional clinical practitioner. They will be responsible for providing specialist clinical services with the support of the Band 7 Rarer Cancers Team Leader to patients referred on the NSS pathway as well as working within the Rarer Cancers Team.
The Non-Site-Specific Oncology Specialist Nurse will promote clinical excellence and provide specialised advice and support to patients who are referred into Great Western Hospital (GWH) with highly suspicious symptoms for a cancer and their carers throughout the treatment pathway. This must be in line with national trends and strategies, ensuring specialist practice is patient centred and evidence based.
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrates exemplary nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs
- Participate in and potentially lead meetings and committees both inside and outside of the Trust; produce timely, accurate and concise reports and papers
- To assist in the local, regional and national development of the area of speciality, expressing and suggesting views as an innovator and expert practitioner.
- Responsible for ensuring own knowledge of and compliance with appropriate NMC standards and revalidation and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice.
- Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements.
About us
"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working autonomously taking responsibility for a defined caseload of patients, which includes seeing/contacting patients who have only a radiological diagnosis of a tumour, thus ensuring this group of patients have a point of contact.
- orking autonomously with the MDT to see/ contact patients who have had investigations but where there has been no evidence of a tumour, thus supporting this group of patients.
- Triaging and assesses potentially highly complex patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the hospital environment, both in-patient and out-patient, community or other settings.
- Promotes early discharge from hospital as appropriate.
- Liaise or attend the relevant Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs); to discuss the necessary investigations and support the patient pathway.
- Work with the MDT coordinators and the NSS Navigator to ensure that Cancer Wait Targets remain a focus and a high priority across the Multidisciplinary Teams.
- Use clinical-reasoning skills to undertake an in-depth assessment of the presenting problem. Interpret findings, develop working and differential diagnoses and formulate, communicate, implement and evaluate management plans.
- Deliver personalised care for NSS cancer patients, focusing on holistic needs assessments, and health and wellbeing. Build up an understanding of the local and national services that support rarer cancer patients and signpost patients to these services.
Please see the attached job description for full information
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working autonomously taking responsibility for a defined caseload of patients, which includes seeing/contacting patients who have only a radiological diagnosis of a tumour, thus ensuring this group of patients have a point of contact.
- orking autonomously with the MDT to see/ contact patients who have had investigations but where there has been no evidence of a tumour, thus supporting this group of patients.
- Triaging and assesses potentially highly complex patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the hospital environment, both in-patient and out-patient, community or other settings.
- Promotes early discharge from hospital as appropriate.
- Liaise or attend the relevant Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs); to discuss the necessary investigations and support the patient pathway.
- Work with the MDT coordinators and the NSS Navigator to ensure that Cancer Wait Targets remain a focus and a high priority across the Multidisciplinary Teams.
- Use clinical-reasoning skills to undertake an in-depth assessment of the presenting problem. Interpret findings, develop working and differential diagnoses and formulate, communicate, implement and evaluate management plans.
- Deliver personalised care for NSS cancer patients, focusing on holistic needs assessments, and health and wellbeing. Build up an understanding of the local and national services that support rarer cancer patients and signpost patients to these services.
Please see the attached job description for full information
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- First level registration registered with NMC/ Degree qualification
- Specialist academic pathway commenced at level 3 or equivalent qualifications pertinent to area of speciality
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Advanced Communication Course
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Nursing experience at band 6
- Demonstrable oncology experience
- MDT experience.
- Understanding and experience of clinical audit
- Experience or understanding of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Teaching/Mentoring experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to lead on service reports and documents
- Supports service initiatives and development
- Develops and implements policies
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- First level registration registered with NMC/ Degree qualification
- Specialist academic pathway commenced at level 3 or equivalent qualifications pertinent to area of speciality
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Advanced Communication Course
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Nursing experience at band 6
- Demonstrable oncology experience
- MDT experience.
- Understanding and experience of clinical audit
- Experience or understanding of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Teaching/Mentoring experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to lead on service reports and documents
- Supports service initiatives and development
- Develops and implements policies
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).
