Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Support Specialist
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Employer
- Maggie's
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £40,014 - £52,751 DOE
- Closing
- Today at 18:00
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Cancer Support Specialist
Job Title: Cancer Support Specialist – Maggie’s Manchester
Salary: £40,014 - £52,751 DOE
Location of appointment: Maggie's Manchester, The Robert Parfett Building, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 15 Kinnaird Road, Manchester, M20 4QL
Full Time, 37.5hrs/week, Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Annual Leave: 27 days plus 9 public holidays
We have an opportunity for a Cancer Support Specialist to join the Maggie's Manchester centre to actively support our visitors to understand and articulate their cancer-related concerns.
The post is open to full-time applicants on a permanent basis.
You will have a nursing degree (or equivalent training), current state registration and at least three years of post-qualification experience within an oncology nursing or related setting.
You will have broad and up-to-date clinical knowledge in the field of cancer and be comfortable using narrative and strong interpersonal skills to assess cancer support needs and elicit concerns.
You will also be well organised and emotionally sensitive while also resilient, as well as able to manage the demands of ongoing emotionally intense work.
Your responsibilities
· Help individuals, families and groups engage with, and utilise, Maggie’s psychosocial programme of support through ongoing work with them.
· Provide person-focused, care support and a commitment to working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team.
· Liaise with colleagues to ensure appropriate internal referrals of centre visitors.
· Lead on delegated aspects of facilitated psychosocial and psychoeducational components of Maggie's programme.
Read the full job description for more information.
Benefits we offer
In addition to a highly rewarding career, we offer a range of staff benefits, including:
· a unique, experiential induction week based in one of our centres
· a competitive holiday entitlement
· workplace pension with the option to apply to continue NHS pension
· the option to apply for a Bike Loan, Travel Card Loan, Ride to Work scheme and much more.
Read more about our staff benefits
How to apply
Take a look at the full job description CSS Manchester.pdf
Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] by 1st July 2024 at 06 pm.
Interviews will be conducted in person at Maggie's Manchester centre.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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