Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist UGI CancersBand 7Main area: Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 213-CAX-6710988-A
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/11/2024 23:59
Job overviewWe are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Upper GI diagnostic team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will be responsible for offering expert clinical advice, emotional support, and managing your own caseload of cancer patients and their pathway of care. You will champion and deliver NHSE Cancer Personalised Care standards and ensure issues associated with patient experience are visible to the MDT and are a top quality priority for service improvement.
Main duties of the jobFully comply with the trust Cancer CNS Standard Operational Policy and work towards meeting cancer nursing ACCEND framework competency.Assist in the delivery of an expert specialist nursing service for people with suspected cancer and provide specialist nursing advice, clinical assessment, and support to patients, their families, and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis.Ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence-based nursing care.Initiate and interpret tests and investigations used in cancer treatments, ongoing monitoring, and late effects care.Demonstrate sound knowledge of cancer and its treatment in relation to people living with and beyond cancer.Manage symptoms for the consequences of cancer and its treatment.Develop practice to deliver nurse-led clinics supporting cancer patients' care and needs.Support the team and organisation in delivering innovative services to enhance cancer patient access to the team and early diagnoses.Assess and meet patients' ongoing care, health, and wellbeing needs and develop care plans and action referrals as a result.Use data to identify high-risk individuals and groups and ensure that services meet their needs.Support Self-Care, Self-Management, and Enabling Independence.Ensure clear documentation in the patient's records of all significant consultations following Best Records Keeping Guidance.Working for our organisationKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year, and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. We are at a pivotal point in our history and require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesEducation and ResearchEnsure all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures/treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent.Produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards.Participate in the specialty and Trust-wide audits associated with cancer care.Supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of clients, carers, and others involved in their care.Work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated.Contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team.Participate in and assist with any appropriate/relevant Trust-approved research projects conducted within the department.Promote nursing research and evidence-based practice relevant to the specialty.ManagementLiaise effectively with all other disciplines within the Trust and at local level.Participate in the management of change to improve standards and communication links from Acute Trusts through to Primary Care.Contribute actively to any relevant initiatives within the care group and provide support to colleagues and Heads of Nursing.Network with the team of Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Trust to evaluate, develop, and promote the specialist nursing role.Ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy.Participate with the yearly Quality Assessment process, liaising with Trust cancer management team and lead on the implementation of recommendations from review.Personal Professional DevelopmentStrive for own professional development to meet compliance with role descriptions described in the cancer CNSs Framework for the role.Attend monthly clinical supervision to support governance in psychological level two practice.Keep up-to-date with current literature and research in the specialty.Maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP requirements.Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional conduct working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence.Person specificationSound knowledge of Cancer Personalised Care and NHS Long term plan.Experience of data collection for audits, analysing data and delivering presentations.Extensive clinical experience pertinent to cancer care, oncology, and/or UGI.SkillsNMC Level 1 Registered Nurse.Educated to Degree level or above.Breaking Bad News Training.Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment.Advanced Communication Skills.Level 2 psychological skills.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.
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