Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 3 months (Can be fixed term if external candidate)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP04420
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- poole hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 3 month secondment/fixed term within the Upper GI team in Poole hospital. You will have the opportunity to work alongside the current Band 7 and other members of the multi professional team within Cancer Care to provide a comprehensive, evidence based patient centred service for patients going through a diagnosis .
This role is to work on the Poole hospital site for 30 hours.
This role requires NMC Registration.
Base :Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Main duties of this job include:
- will be actively involved in the diagnosis, arranging timeliness of investigations, clinic appointments, treatment and follow up of patients with an upper GI cancer, providing continuity of care and improving quality of life for this patient group.
- will provide information, advice and psychological support to patients, their families and staff, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate health care professionals in hospital and community.
- will demonstrate a fundamental level of specialist knowledge of upper GI cancer, the disease, treatments and symptom management, remaining up to date with all relevant developments in these areas.
- will support the Band 7 and deputise in their absence at meetings within the Department and at Network level.
- will provide nurse-led follow up support for patients after diagnosis and during treatments.
- will act as a resource and provide education and training for patients and Health care professionals.
- will monitor and evaluate established standard of care provided to patients with an upper GI cancer in line with National and Network Cancer Guidelines
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a planned move for oncology anticipated during 2025, when oncology will relocate to Bournemouth site. Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities of job can be found in the detailed job description attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- registered nurse
- current NMC registration
- post reg specialist qualification
- knowledge of local and national initiatives relating to sact treatments
Desirable criteria
- psychological skills
- advanced communication skills
- completion of UKONS SACT passport and SACT competency
Experience
Essential criteria
- post reg experience in oncology/palliative care/upper GI speciality
- experience of working in an MDT
- experience of managing treatment related side effects of SACT
- ability to manage own patient caseload
Desirable criteria
- band 5 experience within speciality
- experience of working as a CNS
- audit / research skills
- physical assessment skills
technical skills
Essential criteria
- advanced communication skills
- demonstrable teaching experience and skills
- flexible working
- ability to use computer systems known to the trust
Desirable criteria
- counselling skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- knowledge of caring with patients with cancer
- adaptable to change
- ability to assess and manage patient risk
Desirable criteria
- knowledge of upper GI anatomy and physiology
- knowledge of upper GI malignancies
other
Essential criteria
- flexible
- able to use own initiative
- can speak english
- excellent organisational skills
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
- Jo Valentine
- Job title
- Job titleCancer Nurse Specialist Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000195196
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