Job summary
This is an advert for 2 nurse specialist roles who will work alongside each other to act as a key worker for survivors of cancer in the Thames Valley.
1. Paediatric CNS
2. Teenage and Young Adult CNS
Oxford is the Principal Treatment Centre for Children, Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer who live in the Thames Valley. Approximately 160 patients in the Thames Valley region are diagnosed and treated for cancer each year with 130 survivors eligible for assessment within the Late Effects Service each year.
These post will work as part of the late effects core team, acting as a key worker. They will be able to accurately recognise, interpret, analyse, and make decisions in relation to patient risk and appropriately manage these patients with support of consultants within the LTFU/Late effects clinic
The post holder will assist in the development of services for long term follow up care for Children/Young Adult patients after the completion of cancer treatment and facilitate a smooth transition from the Children's service to the Young Adult service. They will manage and co-ordinate follow up programmes working as part of the multidisciplinary team. They will continuously assess the needs of the service, identifying innovative approaches to facilitate development of individualised packages of care.
Banding will be agreed dependant on previous knowledge and experience in the field. CPD will be support within these roles if Band 7 requirements are not met.
Main duties of the job
Act as a keyworker for all eligible patients, signpost and liaise with other providers within the Thames Valley area to provide holistic care for patients
Complete holistic needs assessments for patients and formulate personalised care plans
Undertake pre assessment and nurse led clinics for Level 1 patients.
Undertake pre assessment and joint nursing and consultant clinics for Level 2 and 3 patients.
Utilise the Ready Steady Go programme for Paediatric patients.
Provide cross cover for the other CNS within the service
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - theJohn Radcliffe Hospital,Churchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centrein Headington and theHorton General Hospitalin Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Work at a highly specialised level, practicing autonomously as well as within a multi-disciplinary team and are self-directed.
- Work clinically to optimise health and wellbeing, demonstrate autonomous decision making related to comprehensive history taking and physical assessment of patients, working within defined protocols and competency frameworks and scope of practice.
- Work at a highly specialized level drawing on a diverse range of specialist knowledge in complex decision making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which may include advising the wider MDT.
- Plan, prioritise and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, providing direct support to patients and clients.
- Act as key worker.
- Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events.
- Draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources in their practice.
- Appropriately define boundaries in practice.
- Promote a high standard of highly specialist nursing by initiating and coordinating the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of the holistic needs of patients/families through evidence-based practice following agreed policies, protocols, and guidelines.
- Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities, and agencies. Utilise evidence-based information through a variety of communication media.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Leadership/Management:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop a shared vision of the service.
- Act as a role model and resource in expert clinical evidence-based practice.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop effective documentation, pathways, protocols, and guidelines for care. Demonstrate a commitment to share expertise and disseminate information.
- Contribute to the development of the team and service, to continuously improve patient care.
- Participate in implementing national standards and frameworks at a local level.
- Network locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally and seek opportunities to develop the specialist role.
- Understand budgetary constraints and may be required to manage budgets.
- Use effective change management skills to initiate and implement service and practice development, making the best use of resources to improve practice and health outcomes.
- Participate in the selection, interviewing, appraisal, and professional development of team members.
- Line manage members of the team where appropriate.
- Maintain involvement and active input in multidisciplinary meetings and appropriate local bodies / forums to contribute to practice and service development.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with the paediatric oncology service ensuring seamless transition.
- Work towards shared patient information and protocols where able and provide an element of mutually agreed cross cover.
Education/Training:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Maintain, advance, and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through ongoing self-education and attendance at relevant courses of study.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other nurse specialists at a local and National level.
- Maintain own professional portfolio.
- Contribute to the development and acquisition of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service and beyond.
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers, and staff involved in the delivery of this service.
- Ensure the provision of specialist expertise, support and education to community staff, schools, employers, and other agencies to facilitate continuity of care to represent the interest of the patients who have completed cancer treatment.
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students and other members of the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes.
- Provide an appropriate learning environment, including mentorship, coaching and preceptorship.
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
Improving quality and developing practice:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Coordinate and participate in ongoing service review and evaluation, including seeking and monitoring patient experience and outcomes.
- Participate in research / audit to generate new evidence in area of specialty.
- Evaluate clinical practice in relation to its evidence base and clinical effectiveness including policy and guidance.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Participate and actively seek peer review in practice and sound evidence for assurance purposes.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self-appraisal, clinical supervision, and networking with other health care professionals locally, nationally, and internationally.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice, and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /specialty updates are completed, and necessary records maintained.
- Develop links with local basic and translational research staff to support the ongoing investigation into late and long-term effects of cancer treatment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Work at a highly specialised level, practicing autonomously as well as within a multi-disciplinary team and are self-directed.
- Work clinically to optimise health and wellbeing, demonstrate autonomous decision making related to comprehensive history taking and physical assessment of patients, working within defined protocols and competency frameworks and scope of practice.
- Work at a highly specialized level drawing on a diverse range of specialist knowledge in complex decision making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which may include advising the wider MDT.
- Plan, prioritise and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, providing direct support to patients and clients.
- Act as key worker.
- Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events.
- Draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources in their practice.
- Appropriately define boundaries in practice.
- Promote a high standard of highly specialist nursing by initiating and coordinating the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of the holistic needs of patients/families through evidence-based practice following agreed policies, protocols, and guidelines.
- Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities, and agencies. Utilise evidence-based information through a variety of communication media.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Leadership/Management:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop a shared vision of the service.
- Act as a role model and resource in expert clinical evidence-based practice.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop effective documentation, pathways, protocols, and guidelines for care. Demonstrate a commitment to share expertise and disseminate information.
- Contribute to the development of the team and service, to continuously improve patient care.
- Participate in implementing national standards and frameworks at a local level.
- Network locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally and seek opportunities to develop the specialist role.
- Understand budgetary constraints and may be required to manage budgets.
- Use effective change management skills to initiate and implement service and practice development, making the best use of resources to improve practice and health outcomes.
- Participate in the selection, interviewing, appraisal, and professional development of team members.
- Line manage members of the team where appropriate.
- Maintain involvement and active input in multidisciplinary meetings and appropriate local bodies / forums to contribute to practice and service development.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with the paediatric oncology service ensuring seamless transition.
- Work towards shared patient information and protocols where able and provide an element of mutually agreed cross cover.
Education/Training:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Maintain, advance, and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through ongoing self-education and attendance at relevant courses of study.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other nurse specialists at a local and National level.
- Maintain own professional portfolio.
- Contribute to the development and acquisition of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service and beyond.
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers, and staff involved in the delivery of this service.
- Ensure the provision of specialist expertise, support and education to community staff, schools, employers, and other agencies to facilitate continuity of care to represent the interest of the patients who have completed cancer treatment.
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students and other members of the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes.
- Provide an appropriate learning environment, including mentorship, coaching and preceptorship.
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
Improving quality and developing practice:
Senior Specialist Nurses will:
- Coordinate and participate in ongoing service review and evaluation, including seeking and monitoring patient experience and outcomes.
- Participate in research / audit to generate new evidence in area of specialty.
- Evaluate clinical practice in relation to its evidence base and clinical effectiveness including policy and guidance.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Participate and actively seek peer review in practice and sound evidence for assurance purposes.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self-appraisal, clinical supervision, and networking with other health care professionals locally, nationally, and internationally.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice, and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /specialty updates are completed, and necessary records maintained.
- Develop links with local basic and translational research staff to support the ongoing investigation into late and long-term effects of cancer treatment.
Person Specification
education/qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- MSc or equivalent in relevant speciality
- Postgraduate Level study or demonstrate post graduate level working
- Teaching/Assessment/Mentoring Qualification
Desirable
- Registered Non-medical prescriber
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience caring for patients with cancer
- Up to date knowledge and expertise in cancer treatments and side effects
- Knowledge of key professional issues
- Able to work across organisational boundaries
- Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff.
- Demonstrates a clear vision of the role and service
- Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change
- decision making skills
- Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication skills
- IT skills
- Presentation Skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service in conjunction with other members of the team
- Understanding of relevant national cancer strategy/policy and how this relates to the service
- Understanding of appropriate health and safety legislation
- Understanding of equal opportunities
Person Specification
education/qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- MSc or equivalent in relevant speciality
- Postgraduate Level study or demonstrate post graduate level working
- Teaching/Assessment/Mentoring Qualification
Desirable
- Registered Non-medical prescriber
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience caring for patients with cancer
- Up to date knowledge and expertise in cancer treatments and side effects
- Knowledge of key professional issues
- Able to work across organisational boundaries
- Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff.
- Demonstrates a clear vision of the role and service
- Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change
- decision making skills
- Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication skills
- IT skills
- Presentation Skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service in conjunction with other members of the team
- Understanding of relevant national cancer strategy/policy and how this relates to the service
- Understanding of appropriate health and safety legislation
- Understanding of equal opportunities
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).
