CANCER AWARENESS BANK NURSE – EAST ENGLAND (REGISTERED ADULT NURSE)

Cancer Research UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent health charity in the United Kingdom is seeking a Bank Nurse to join the Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team. In this role, you will engage with communities to deliver critical cancer prevention information and support other health initiatives. The ideal candidate will have NMC registration, strong communication skills, and an interest in health promotion. This role offers a flexible working culture and various benefits including a substantial retirement plan and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Generous retirement plan

Flexible leave allowance

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with mandatory NMC registration.
• Experience or interest in health promotion or community nursing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face cancer prevention information.
• Engage the public through community settings.
• Collect and input data for evaluation purposes.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Health promotion experience

Excellent verbal communication

Strong presentation skills

Organizational skills

Education

NMC registration

Job description

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster.That’swhy wewe’relooking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

We are looking for a Bank Nurse to join our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW) team.You’lljoin a team of Bank Nurses that provides vital contingency cover where needed to Cancer Research UK’s nurse-led face-to-face cancer awareness and health promotion activity across the UK.

In this role,you’llinform and empower people to make positive changes for their health and promote early diagnosis through providing face-to-face information in hard-to-reach audiences.

What will I be doing?

Face-to-face delivery of the latest cancer prevention and early detection information inan appropriateand relevant way

Delivering face to face cancer awareness activities for people at their place of work with our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team – typically health information stands and occasionally short presentations

Providing cover on the Cancer Awareness Roadshow, working alongside a small team to engage the public in indoor and outdoor community settings through individual face-to-face conversations

Supporting other cancer awareness activities and Cancer Research UK events

RepresentingCancer Research UK in a positive and professional way and ensure that all information shared is in line with CRUK’s core messages

Responsible for collecting and inputting data for evaluation purposes and contributing to other general feedback

Ensuring familiarity with local stats and local health information sheets to tailor activity and enable effective signposting to local services.

What skills are you looking for?

Registered Adult Nurse - NMC registration is mandatory for this role and must always be maintained

An interest in or experience of at least one of the following : health promotion, practice nursing, occupational health, health visiting, district / communitynursingor other qualification / experience

Excellent verbal communication skills – an ability to engage people in conversation and to use motivational interviewing techniques while ensuring accuracy of information conveyed

Strong oral presentation skills, with the ability to convey clear andaccurateinformation confidently and pitched appropriately for the audience

A clear, demonstrable understanding of boundaries and of the importance and need for always adhering to data protection and other compliance policies

Experience in delivering public-facing work, and a good understanding of the challenges associated with engaging hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities

Excellent written, administration and organisation skills with the ability to keepaccurateconfidential records

Willingness to travel, including occasional unsocial hours work or overnight stays.

What will I gain?

Each and everyone of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We thinkthat’simpressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools,policiesand processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

Wedon’tforget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from fundingcutting-edgeresearch to developing public policy – will change the world.It’sexciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

Weoperatean anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality,diversityand inclusion. CVs arerequiredfor all applications; but wewon’tbe able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly,fairlyand objectively.