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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.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

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.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.