Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (Secondment is suitable)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May include Bank Holidays and weekends.)
- Job ref
- 190-8275-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Weston Park Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/12/2024
Employer heading
Macmillan Non Surgical Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Have you got what it takes to provide specialist support and advice to patients with cancer?
Are you highly motivated and driven to oversee, co-ordinate and improve patient care?
Do you possess exceptional communication, interpersonal, clinical, and professional leadership skills to encourage and promote best outcomes for patients, their relatives, and carers?
If so, this could be the opportunity for you!
If successful you will be responsible for delivering specialist cancer care across organisational, professional, and geographical boundaries working both autonomously and as part of a dedicated team.
This role is your gateway to a rewarding career in oncology. Bring your passion and drive and let us help you become the best cancer nurse you can be.
Contact us today!
Reach out to our recruiting manager Sarah Dawson and take the first step towards joining the fight against cancer.
Together, let’s make a real difference in the lives of those battling this disease.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an important member of the Multidisciplinary Team within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust providing specialist nursing advice and support to patients receiving Non- Surgical Oncology (NSO) outpatient care away from their usual, local hospital.
Be responsible for supporting the patient whilst attending that NSO outpatient appointment, identifying and addressing any supportive care needs and communicating these effectively back to the trust CNS team in order that care is seamless and not fragmented.
Provide input and care to patients from each of the four respective trusts outside the tertiary centre (Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Chesterfield) and become a regular and therefore familiar points of contact for patients attending, enabling greater continuity by acting as a conduit between the patient and their site specific CNS team.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 8 months due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
All staff recruited post February 2020 are required and it is a condition of employment that they are also able, to undertake duties at any of the other sites where Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is responsible for delivering cancer treatment activity. It is anticipated that this may include the hospitals at Barnsley, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Doncaster as well as any other sites within the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Network.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education & Qulaifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse (valid with NMC)
- Educated to degree Level or demonstrable qualification or significant demonstrable and relevant experience working in an NHS organisation.
- Evidence of post registration academic development.
- To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998
- Advanced Communication Skills course
- Additional professional course/qualification relevant to the speciality
- Evidence of IT experience.
- Edward Jenner Leadership Programme or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Fundamentals of Cancer Care module Postgraduate level
- Independent and supplementary prescribing and or Advanced Physical Assessment skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registered experience in a managerial role/leadership role.
- Relevant experience of caring for patients with cancer whether that be at the diagnostic phase, surgery, non-surgical oncology or on-going treatment and care.
- Excellent organisational and time keeping skills
- Evidence of autonomous practice
- Experience of audit and research
- Counselling skills/ Level II Psychology training
- Ability to manage change effectively.
- Ability to work independently/autonomously and across disciplines as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- External working including GPs and PCT
- Experience of patient examination and history taking
- Experience of working in Nurse Led Clinics
- Experience in health promotion.
- Knowledge of national agenda on improving cancer services
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer literacy and ability to use online platforms, excel, office etc.
- Understanding of equality and diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients within own area.
- Ability to work independently/autonomously and across disciplines as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to manage change effectively.
- Knowledge of audit, research, and clinical governance
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent time management with an ability to prioritise workload in a complex environment.
- Highly motivated
- Ability to work as part of a team.
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
- Sarah Dawson
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2712860
- Additional information
Katie Paskin
NSO CNS
Email: [email protected]
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