Breast Care Nurse Specialist B7

Gateshead Health; Gateshead; Híbrido; GBP 40.000 - 50.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Specialist Breast Care Nurse for a 12-month maternity cover. You will support a dedicated patient caseload as their key worker, working with the Breast Care Nurse Consultant and MDT to deliver service developments across sites.

The role requires significant breast care experience, a nursing degree, and a full driving licence. You will lead in breast care education and contribute to audit and quality improvement within the trust.

Qualificações

• Significant experience in a breast care nurse role and a nursing related degree are essential.
• Having access to a car with a full driving licence is essential.
• Experience at Band 7 level and working in NHS breast care settings is expected.
• Commitment to service development and adherence to national standards is expected.

Responsabilidades

• Provide specialist information, advice and support to patients and families affected by breast cancer.
• Lead and coordinate the delivery and development of the breast care service with evidence-based practice in line with national standards.
• Provide holistic care using advanced clinical skills in assessment and management.
• Work autonomously and be accountable for planning and delivering patient care in breast services.
• Lead education and training for clinical staff and external agencies.
• Participate in continuous service improvement and audits.

Conhecimentos

Breast care nursing

Autonomous practice

Clinical leadership

Audit experience

Education & training

Time management

Communication skills

Formação

Breast care/oncology degree

Nursing degree or higher

CPO in specialist practice

Leadership course

Masters level study

Descrição da vaga

We are looking to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic and reliable individuals with relevant experience and knowledge in Breast Cancer Care to join our established Breast Care Nursing team as a Band 7 Specialist Breast Care Nurse for a fixed term of 12 months, covering maternity leave.

The successful candidates will be required to ensure that they support their dedicated patient caseload by acting as their key worker throughout their journey.

Successful post holders will be expected to work with the Breast Care Nurse Consultant and wider MDT to ensure the appropriate future service developments including the opportunity to work across different sites, as required by the service. Post holders will be expected to be well organised, with an enthusiasm to participate in service development through audit and peer review; contribute towards the implementation and delivery of new initiatives to meet local and national standards, as well as ensuring care meets our own Trust values.

Significant experience in a breast care nurse role and a nursing related degree are essential.

Having access to a car with a full driving licence is also essential.

Main duties of the job

• provide specialist Information, advice and support to patients and their families who have, or fear they may have, breast cancer.
• lead and coordinate the delivery and development of the breast care service through the use of effective evidence based practice in line with agreed national standards for patient safety and clinical practice
• provide the highest standard of holistic care for patients through the utilisation of advanced clinical skills and advice in the assessment and management of patients.
• work autonomously and be accountable for the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to the breast care service and as set out in the NMC code
• continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework to ensure the highest quality of care is provide in the safest manner
• provide clinical leadership, expertise and specialist clinical advice and support to clinical staff on the management and care of patients within breast services and lead the effective delivery of care to patients
• lead in the provision of expert specialist knowledge, care and experience to support the wider nursing team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times
• lead and participate in the continuing improvement of services in line with the Trust objectives
• lead the provision of education and training to clinical staff and internal/external agencies

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

Full details are available within the attached Job Description document which includes the main duties of the role, key dimensions of the position, as well as the required knowledge, skills and experience requirements

Breast services at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (GHNFT) have an excellent reputation. Over recent years the service has grown to become one of the biggest breast units in the North-East of England. As our service continues to develop, we are looking to recruit additional Breast Care Nurse Specialists.

Our service is currently the lead provider for breast care services across Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside. Feedback on our services is consistently excellent, with the service consistently ranked in the UKs top five in the National Cancer Survey of patients experience of care. GHNFT also provides the breast screening programme for Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham and Chester-Le-Street, and as a result, we benefit from retaining an experienced and established specialist breast radiology team.

The future development of breast services is an organisational priority, with the growth in service demand being supported through investment, including the recruitment of additional Breast Care Nurses into our existing experienced team. Collaboration with Sunderland CCG has provided us with the use of a purpose-built breast clinic facility within Grindon Primary Care Centre. This allows GHNFT to provide locality-based breast care services for Sunderland patients. It is expected that all our breast team support the delivery of services from all localities from which breast services are provided.

Person Specification

Skills

• High level of interpersonal and communication skills
• Significant experience at band 6 in speciality
• Competent, or working towards competence, of being able to work autonomously in symptomatic clinics/follow up clinics
• Competent or working towards competence in one further area of breast care practice {e.g. Lymphoedema; Oncology follow-up)
• Proven leadership skills
• Time management
• Ability to assess, deliver, evaluate and benchmark quality care
• Excellent organisational skills & Ability to prioritise workloads
• Work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Expert knowledge, clinical skills and experience in breast care
• Ability to cope with and diffuse difficult and stressful situations
• Competent to work autonomously in breast symptomatic /follow up clinics
• Project management
• Experience in clinical skills and history taking

Qualifications & Training

• Qualification in breast care/oncology
• Degree/MA/MSc in nursing or working towards
• Evidence of ongoing CPO in specialist area of practice
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues
• Further qualifications relevant to breast care
• Leadership course
• Counselling certificate
• Masters level study or working towards
• Clinical skills course

Experience

• Clinical care, assessment, diagnosis and care planning
• Substantial experience of care delivery
• Significant experience of breast care nurse role
• Experience of change management
• Evidence of innovation in practice
• Experience in leading audits and/or research
• Experience of effectively managing people and resources
• Experience of undertaking a research project
• Commitment to using research to develop patient care and the role of the nurse
• Budget management
• Participation in recruitment and selection process
• Project management

Disposition

• Ability to demonstrate leadership of others
• Motivated & Enthusiastic
• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.