Job summary
Two Rivers Medical Centre is looking to recruit a cancer care nurse to join our dedicated team, on a full time basis, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care.
Are you an experienced healthcare worker, looking to expand your contribution to healthcare and personal job satisfaction? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.
Main duties of the job
- Support the 2WW suspected cancer pathway referrals into secondary care, by ensuring all pre referral tests are completed.
- Scope the community services available, that support early identification of cancer, there are some health inequalities within identifying early cancer at an early stage.
- Be point of contact for cancer in supporting other practice nurses and administration staff to identify the support patients may require that are having cancer treatments and living with and beyond cancer.
- Lead on the development of a Make Every Contact Count (MECC) through embedding a health promotion pathway for those patients who has been referred on a cancer pathway and are discharged following secondary assessment.
- Lead improvements in the quality of reviews completed in primary care post diagnosis.
- Support the development of innovations across all aspects of the cancer pathway.
- Assist in the investigation of clinical incidents/complaints relating to care of patients within your care.
- Fully evaluate the service and be actively involved in business planning for future provision & sustainability with the PCN and SNEEICS colleagues.
About us
As an employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:
- NHS pension scheme
- Proper pay -Living Wage Foundation Accredited
- Remote working
- Eye-care vouchers
- Health service discounts
- Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE, with enhancements for long service
- Enhanced maternity & paternity terms
Date posted
19 September 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Equivalent to AFC Band 7
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
18 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Term time hours
Reference number
7120_1
Job locations
30 Woodbridge Rd East
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PB
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Careers
Address
30 Woodbridge Rd East
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PB
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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