Job summary
We are recruiting for a Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialistwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a highly motivated experienced Nurse who is committed to delivering excellent patient care and who takes pride in what they do and will work within the colorectal nursing team to improve the patients' journey. As an experienced nurse you will work alongside nursing and medical colleagues in surgery and oncology to facilitate the best experience and care for individuals with colorectal disease and suspect or confirmed diagnosis' of colorectal cancer.
Excellent communication skills are paramount, an ability to prioritise workload, whilst working as part of a team is also essential.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing expert specialist clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals.
You will liaise with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
You will also assist in developing the skills of generalist nurses, and other health professionals (including doctors) to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.
In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based policies / protocols and guidelines within the specialty in collaboration with other professional groups and users.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Registered nurse education to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching qualification
- Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in specialty
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Independent Nurse prescriber
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Extensive Band 6 experience colorectal surgery/ oncology/ Palliative Care
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Experience of initiating change
- Understanding evidence-based practice
- Experience of Clinical Governance
- Understanding of patient pathways and it's complexities and how to support patients through this
- Running Nurse led clinics
Desirable
- Experience working with personalised care follow up programme
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleague's needs
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time -management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead developments in practice, show initiative
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with electronic patient records and other IT systems
- Understanding of the colorectal cancer pathway
- Chemotherapy/ targeted treatments/ immunotherapy
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic situations
- Driving License
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty - political and Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Registered nurse education to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching qualification
- Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in specialty
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Independent Nurse prescriber
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Extensive Band 6 experience colorectal surgery/ oncology/ Palliative Care
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Experience of initiating change
- Understanding evidence-based practice
- Experience of Clinical Governance
- Understanding of patient pathways and it's complexities and how to support patients through this
- Running Nurse led clinics
Desirable
- Experience working with personalised care follow up programme
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleague's needs
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time -management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead developments in practice, show initiative
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with electronic patient records and other IT systems
- Understanding of the colorectal cancer pathway
- Chemotherapy/ targeted treatments/ immunotherapy
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic situations
- Driving License
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty - political and Trust
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).
