Gynaecology Oncology Nurse Specialist

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Nurse who is passionate about improving care for women?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a lead Nurse Specialist for Gynaecology Oncology at Colchester hospital.

Alongside ourlead consultant, you would be responsible for the care of ladies being investigated for/ diagnosed with a Gynaecology cancer.

These are exciting times within this service and there is lots of scope for developing the service and reviewing clinics provided to improve the care women receive.

This is part time-30 hours per week, fixed term/secondment contract post until 30th November 2025.

Main duties of the job

You will provide comprehensive nursing support to Gynaecological cancer patients in line with the broad aims of the NHS Cancer Plan this will involve:

• The development of an effective, streamline and efficient service for patients in the Mid Anglia area in collaboration with other members of the network multi-professional team in line with the national Improving Outcomes Guidance.
• Ensuring the provision of high quality evidence based care. This will include the support of relatives and carers and education of the multi-professional team in the principles of managing patients with cancer.
• Provide excellent specialist clinical care and advice for patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals.
• Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty in line with the cancer plan and NICE guidance

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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