Breast Services Registered Nurse

Bolton Nhs Foundation Trust; Farnworth; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust Breast Services is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our dynamic team. This role supports nurse-led clinics, pre-operative assessments, and wound care within the Breast Services department, working across Evergreen and Sunflower suites.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a breast unit or outpatient setting, strong communication skills with patients and relatives, and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, using initiative as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in a breast unit or outpatient environment is advantageous.
• Excellent communication with patients and relatives is essential.
• Able to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team and use your own initiative when required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinic lists as directed by the Nurse Manager and Sister.
• Deliver and implement nursing and clinical care in breast services, including nurse-led clinics, pre-operative assessment and post-operative wound care management.
• Support equipment and stock care and maintenance.
• Work across Evergreen and Sunflower breast suites within the hospital.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Nursing skills

Initiative

Job description

Band 5 Staff Nurse Breast Services

Part time 28.5 hours per week.

Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking individual who wants to be part of a dynamic busy team?

Our nursing team has developed our own Nurse-led Clinics; patient pre-assessment and wound care clinics and also a new nipple tattooing service. A comprehensive induction programme will be offered to you to extend your clinical skills and communication with Breast Patients.

Due to the nature of this role, we do not offer remote interviews.

The Trust appreciates and values the contribution international nurses bring to the NHS. We also understand the support overseas nurses need to gain full registration once in the UK (via OSCE) and therefore we only recruit internationally to fill nursing vacancies when we can ensure support is in place. At this present time we aren't in a position to offer that support and therefore will not accept applications from overseas nurses who only have Part 1 NMC registration. If that position changes in future we will clearly advertise our opportunities for international nurses to join our nurse team here in Bolton. Thank you for your understanding.

You should be able to work well as part of team and be able to use your own initiative when required. Good communication skills are essential as you will be working with patients, their relatives and other members of the health care team.

Experience of working within a Breast unit or an outpatient environment would be an advantage.

We are dedicated to the on-going development of our staff, you will work closely with Breast Consultants and the MDT, and the trust can offer you a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional growth within our Breast Services Team. (time dependant)

The breast nursing team is based in the Evergreen Suite. We are a team of 20 staff members including Unit managers, The Staff Nurse will work as a member of the Breast Services team, delivering, planning and implementing nursing and clinical care to patients. After appropriate skills assessment, the post holder will be involved in nurse led clinics for pre-operative assessment and post-operative wound care management.

You will be responsible for the co-ordination of clinic lists as directed by the Nurse Manager and Sister.

The role also involves equipment and stock care and maintenance.

They will proactively engages with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and to keep them informed about their treatment and care, and demonstrate compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way.

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust Breast Services is looking for motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly Nursing Breast team. You will be working over 2 Suites, Evergreen and Sunflower within the hospital, but in the based Evergreen Breast Suite.