Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustTo provide delivery of an advanced specialist nursing service for people diagnosed with skin cancer. To provide highly specialist expertise and knowledge in the management of patients requiring dermatological skin surgery both pre and post-operatively in collaboration with other healthcare colleagues.
To provide comprehensive nurses support to patients and their carers with a diagnosis of skin cancer. The nurse will be capable of working as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking nurse-led clinics as part of skin cancer surveillance.
To provide high quality specialist clinical care of post-operative patients, undertaking patient reviews and providing senior clinical advice ensuring patients receive the most appropriate care based on their clinical need. To act as an independent practitioner in the excision and wound closure of potential skin cancer lesions.
To work as a core member within the Skin Cancer MDT liaising with the SSMDT as appropriate.
Main duties of the jobTo operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice providing research-based expert care and advice to all colleagues and managing a caseload effectively, making the most of available time.To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff of newly diagnosed and existing skin cancer patients and patients with sun-related changes.To ensure that patients are seen within the recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.To utilise specialist skills, underpinned by in-depth theoretical knowledge, to facilitate the assessment, planning and implementation of individualised programmes of care for patients presenting with a specialist condition and to evaluate their programmes of care.To undertake initial assessment of patients including physical examination, assessment/investigation of symptoms, evaluation of test results and recommendation of further diagnostic tests.About usOur vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job responsibilitiesHappy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.
Person SpecificationQualificationsCurrent NMC registrationKnowledge of service improvementAble to undertake skin surveillance for skin cancer patients in dermatology settings.NMP courseExperienceSignificant demonstrable experience working autonomously as band 6Holistic needs assessmentSkillsIT literateAware of current developments within the NHSDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
AddressWinchester with travel to Basingstoke and Andover
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