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The Cancer Team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital  are looking to appoint a Band 7 Upper GI Cancer Nurse Specialist to help support and further develop our Upper GI cancer service.

This is an unique opportunity for any nurse who has extensive experience as a senior band 6 within gastroenterology or cancer care who wishes to expand their clinical skills and knowledge to continue to develop the service which is fully patient centred.

The nurse will be a highly visible presence across the speciality and wards, working to ensure the highest standards of care, setting and maintaining standards of clinical excellence and continuously improving experiences for patients, families and carers. They will work both independently and as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team.

The patient experience will be a priority for you with a strong emphasis on compassion and dignity. You will be supported by an experienced and committed management team.

For this role you will need to have current NMC Nursing registration with post qualification experience.

Possession of excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills coupled with evidence of continuing professional development is essential.

In addition you will be required to demonstrate a flexible approach to work.

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You will work as the lead CNS utilising your specialist knowledge to effectively co-ordinate and deliver an expert nursing service to those patients with a diagnosis of Upper GI cancer at Princess Alexandra Hospital. You will take on the Keyworker role and manage a caseload of patients/clients, which you will be actively involved with through investigations, diagnosis, treatment and follow up post treatment.

The post holder will be responsible for developing a service for patients with Upper GI cancer who require supportive nursing interventions. You will have specialist knowledge in this area of care and will lead on ensuring evidence-based practice and care are available. The post holder will work autonomously managing their own workload and be an active core member of the Upper GI MDT.

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Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.