Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 164-6963490
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer support worker
Band 4
Job overview
The Cancer Support worker will work as an integral part of the Cancer Nurse Specialist Teams in oncology to support patients and assist with delivering the personalised care offer for all patients in line with the comprehensive model of personalised care. The Cancer support worker will contribute to the health and wellbeing of cancer patients in their team.
The post holder will provide cancer patients with information and support that meets their individual needs. As part of the team, the cancer support worker will speak to patients to discuss what matters to them through a holistic conversation and assessment. The cancer support worker will provide cancer information and/or signpost them to support services and resources and will develop a personalised care plan which is shared with the patient and GP.
Integral to this role is the ability to communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion and to manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide cancer patients with information and support that meets their individual needs. As part of the team, the cancer support worker will speak to patients to discuss what matters to them through a holistic conversation and assessment. The cancer support worker will provide cancer information and/or signpost them to support services and resources and will develop a personalised care plan which is shared with the patient and GP.
Please see full job description and personal specification for further details.
Working for our organisation
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
We have recently become home to the latest series of Channel 4’s award-winning series 24 Hours in A&E, which takes a look inside one of the country’s busiest emergency department at QMC and showcases the dedication, passion and skill of our teams.
This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide cancer patients with information and support that meets their individual needs. As part of the team, the cancer support worker will speak to patients to discuss what matters to them through a holistic conversation and assessment. The cancer support worker will provide cancer information and/or signpost them to support services and resources and will develop a personalised care plan which is shared with the patient and GP.
Integral to this role is the ability to communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion and to manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
Please see full job description and personal specification for further details.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Educated to A-level, and or NVQ Level 3 or 4 in Health and or Social Care
- • Evidence of Continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working in a healthcare setting particularly with patients with cancer
- • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- • Understand own limitations and know where to seek advice and support.
- • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, communicating sensitive information to service users and internal colleagues
- • Experience of using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint Experience of using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- • Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to plan and prioritise workload and to quickly re-prioritise own work in light of unexpected events; to plan own
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to manoeuvre equipment in line with trust policies and procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Thow
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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