Job summary
If you are an inspirational nurse with expertise in head and neck speciality with a commitment to delivering excellent patient care to Head and Neck and Thyroid patients, then we would like to hear from you for this exciting new role in advanced practice
Main duties of the job
The head and neck advanced nurse practitioner will provide specialist advanced practice as a senior nurse incorporating non-medical prescribing and non-medical referrals for imaging and running independent nurse led clinics. The ANP will be autonomous forming clinical decisions in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of patients within the H&N speciality in A&E, ward and clinic environments.
This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse looking for a new challenge who has core skills and expertise in head and neck speciality who would want to work at a self-directed advanced level of practice. The post holder will require excellent communication skills and a passion for quality patient care, teaching and education. Informal conversations are encouraged.
About us
Our Head and Neck unit provides local and tertiary services from diagnosis to treatment and follow up for head and neck and thyroid patients. We are a busy referral unit for suspected head and neck cancer and provide faster diagnosis service in line with the best-timed pathway for head and neck cancer diagnosis.
Our priority is to reassure patients at the earliest opportunity if they are no longer suspected to have cancer. We are the specialist surgery centre for patients undergoing major head and neck oncology surgery in north and northeast London. UCLH provides non-surgical treatment modalities for head and neck and thyroid cancer including proton beam radiotherapy, medical and clinical oncology inclusive of clinical trial portfolio, radioactive iodine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Educated to Masters level Advanced Practice or equivalent level, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level but working towards Masters
- Be a non-medical prescriber (or completion within 6 months of commencing role
- Be a non-medical referrer for imaging.
- Post-graduate management, leadership or specialist qualification or previous experience
Desirable
- Quality Improvement qualification experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- In depth expert knowledge in Head and Neck benign and Oncology speciality
- Experience as Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist or Ward sister at senior leadership and management level for more than 2 years.
- Competent skills specific to Head and Neck eg. altered airway management, physical examination of the head and neck.
- Experience and knowledge of the components of Advanced Practice, non-medical prescribing , non-medical referrals for imaging and associated clinical governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
- Evidence of managing successful project and / or operational performance and improvement.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of developing, delivering & evaluating training programmes
- Knowledge and experience of developments in quality improvement and evidence-based practice research
Skills / Capability / Attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and all levels of staff.
- Ability to provide senior leadership and work with senior leaders.
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Ability to develop and communicate a vision, and convert that into plans, objectives and deliverables working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organization
- Ability to compassionately and meaningfully communicate and collaborate with patients, families, carers and staff at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Ability to manage time effectively and to prioritise
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
- Able to negotiate and influence at an organisational level and externally with a range of stakeholders
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- High quality presentation skills and ability to provide and effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to staff, patients and relatives/carers, particularly where a potentially antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere may present significant barriers to acceptance
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills with a track record in consistently delivering performance targets and writing complex business cases, policies and change
- High level analytical skills and the ability to utilise qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources to draw meaningful and appropriate conclusions and present in a clear concise manner
- Show credibility and enthusiasm for patient safety
- IT literate, including competency in MS Office programmes and in particular in Excel and MS Project.
Desirable
- Ability to use established networks and create new ones to share good practice and facilitate engagement with regional colleagues and the national forum
Additional information
Essential
- A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Educated to Masters level Advanced Practice or equivalent level, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level but working towards Masters
- Be a non-medical prescriber (or completion within 6 months of commencing role
- Be a non-medical referrer for imaging.
- Post-graduate management, leadership or specialist qualification or previous experience
Desirable
- Quality Improvement qualification experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- In depth expert knowledge in Head and Neck benign and Oncology speciality
- Experience as Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist or Ward sister at senior leadership and management level for more than 2 years.
- Competent skills specific to Head and Neck eg. altered airway management, physical examination of the head and neck.
- Experience and knowledge of the components of Advanced Practice, non-medical prescribing , non-medical referrals for imaging and associated clinical governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
- Evidence of managing successful project and / or operational performance and improvement.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of developing, delivering & evaluating training programmes
- Knowledge and experience of developments in quality improvement and evidence-based practice research
Skills / Capability / Attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and all levels of staff.
- Ability to provide senior leadership and work with senior leaders.
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Ability to develop and communicate a vision, and convert that into plans, objectives and deliverables working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organization
- Ability to compassionately and meaningfully communicate and collaborate with patients, families, carers and staff at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Ability to manage time effectively and to prioritise
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
- Able to negotiate and influence at an organisational level and externally with a range of stakeholders
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- High quality presentation skills and ability to provide and effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to staff, patients and relatives/carers, particularly where a potentially antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere may present significant barriers to acceptance
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills with a track record in consistently delivering performance targets and writing complex business cases, policies and change
- High level analytical skills and the ability to utilise qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources to draw meaningful and appropriate conclusions and present in a clear concise manner
- Show credibility and enthusiasm for patient safety
- IT literate, including competency in MS Office programmes and in particular in Excel and MS Project.
Desirable
- Ability to use established networks and create new ones to share good practice and facilitate engagement with regional colleagues and the national forum
Additional information
Essential
- A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
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).
