Job summary
- Main area
- Private Patients
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-PHC-048
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/11/2024
Employer heading
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting and rewarding job opportunity has emerged here at Thames View, Imperial Healthcare Private Care at Charing Cross Hospital. We are looking for an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) who will be responsible for providing high quality, evidence-based holistic care to our Private Patients.
The CNS will manage a caseload of patients, providing professional person centred care and support from point of suspected malignancy, diagnosis, treatment and beyond. Offering clinical information, expert symptom management advice and emotional support to patients, relatives and carers. Additionally the CNS will be the key contact, creating a trusting link between patient and Consultant and other services. Working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain clinical excellence with a focus on patient outcomes as well as patient experience.
Main duties of the job
• Provide specialist cancer & surgical nursing advice Trust wide to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients /clients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, working especially closely with the cancer Community of Practice.
• At all times ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• To ensure efficient and well-informed pathway of care for patients in line with private pathways and national cancer and 18 week targets
• Act as a professional role model, providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research within ward / department team.
• To assist with data collection of cancer patients
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Has attained or is working towards a Degree
- Evidence of post registration education activity.
- Mentorship course
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- Teaching experience
- Has attained or is working towards a 1st Degree.
- Has attained or working towards Masters.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience including experience in relevant area.
- Experience in change management
- Ability to work within a team and independently
- Proven teaching and assessing skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in private healthcare
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills
- Proven teaching and assessing skills.
- Research to practice.
- I.T. skills
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively.
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Able to use own initiative.
- Demonstrate the ability to compile complex written information
- Demonstrates the ability to adapt to Imperial Healthcare and Private Care service developments and new nursing theories for use in the clinical area.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Microsoft office including Excel and PowerPoint, Cerner and Somerset Cancer Register
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Baxter
- Job title
- Oncology Lead Nurse for Private Patients
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795027810
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