Clinical Nurse Specialist

Popular Plumbing and Heating Corp; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their Head and Neck team for a 12-month maternity cover. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support patients through their cancer journey, providing expert care and education. The successful candidate will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality patient management and contributing to service development. If you have a passion for nursing and a commitment to patient care, this position offers a chance to make a real difference in the lives of those affected by Head and Neck Cancer.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with Head and Neck experience.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and education to patients with Head and Neck Cancer.
• Assess and evaluate patient care using specialist knowledge.

Skills

Head and Neck Nursing

Oncology Experience

Communication Skills

Patient Care

Education

NMC Qualification

Degree in Nursing

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We are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

About

We are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site.

We also have 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital.

We are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, the Trust employs more than 10,000 staff, covering more than 350 different roles.

• New Cross Hospital s
• West Park Hospital rehabilitation inpatient and day care services, therapy services and outpatients
• Cannock Chase Hospital general surgery, orthopaedics, breast surgery, urology, dermatology/plastic surgery and medical day case investigations and treatment (including endoscopy, rheumatology and dermatology)
• More than 20 community sites - community services for children and adults, walk-in centres and therapy and rehabilitation services
• Primary care - Ten GP practices have now joined us and offer extended opening hours to patients.
  
  

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Key details

Location

SiteHead and Neck Out Patient DepartmentAddressThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustTownWolverhamptonPostcodeWV100QPMajor / Minor RegionBirmingham & The Black Country

Contract type & working pattern

ContractFixed term: 12 months (28 hours a week)HoursPart time - 28 hours per week (Negotiable to cover Main Clinics)

Salary

Salary£37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 6)

Specialty

Main areaHead and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered General Nurse to join the Head and Neck CNS team for maternity leave cover; over a 12 month period.

in this role you will work closely with the Head and Heck Clinical Nurse Specialists and other members of the Multi- Professional Team to support the patient throughout their Head and Neck Cancer Journey.

We

The ideal candidate will have Head and Neck and / or oncology experience, and would have some knowledge in the care of the Head and Neck Cancer patient .

Following a local induction you will help provide support, education and specialist advice to patients, carers and health professionals in Head and Neck Cancer. Excellent communication skills is essential to the role as you will be expected to work autonomously with the support of the CNS and Mufti disciplinary team .

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Be key worker for the duration of the patients head and neck cancer journey from diagnosis through to completion of treatment

Assess patients and plan, implement and evaluate care using specialist clinical knowledge and skills

Review patients and provide care in inpatient, outpatient and community settings

Contribute to multidisciplinary approach to patient management

Provide education and support to patients, carers and colleagues in tracheostomy and valve care

Participate in audit, research and service development within the Head and Neck service.

Refer patients to members of multi professional team and community for ongoing support and advise as required.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. Were passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Ensure a high standard of safe clinical care and record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, national legislation and local standards.

Take personal responsibility for actions and omissions, and fully recognise personal accountability.

Practise within an ethical framework based upon dignity and respect for the well-being and safety of patients and clients.

Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence based practice within own work area.

Contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols, standards, policies and clinical guidelines within own work area.

Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, patient feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.

Promote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection prevention, clinical governance, including risk management and critical incident reporting and root cause analysis.

Demonstrate effective communication within the multi-professional team regarding patient care.

Undertake interventional procedures with appropriate consent

Assess the risks involved in the care of patients and ensure utilisation of practices and protocols to minimise those risks, including safe use of medical devices.

Report incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and take effective action to minimise future risk

Provide specialist advice to own and other professions on therapeutic interventions and clinical practice.

Implement practices that are appropriate to patient and service need through in-depth knowledge, implications of and applying epidemiological, demographic, social, political and professional trends and developments.

Lead by example, develop self and other staff, and influence the way care is given in a manner that is innovative, open and responds to individual needs.

Provide clinical supervision to other staff.

Work harmoniously and effectively with colleagues, patients and clients and their carers, families and friends, seeking advice from senior practitioners as necessary.

Practise within the scope of personal professional competence and extend this scope as appropriate to service needs.

Delegate aspects of care to others and accept responsibility and accountability for such delegation.

Participate in peer review of own practice.

Day to day supervision/training of staff/students.

Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and apply the information when seeking to improve practice.

To assess individuals holistically using a range of different assessment methods, use physical examination skills, order diagnostic tests for client group.

Incorporate health promotion and prevention into care plans, and comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.

Utilise making every contact count as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carers, families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing

Plan and co-ordinate complete episodes of care, delegating and referring to other practitioners as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use.

Safely use patient group directives (PGD)/ non-medical prescribing as appropriate

Use professional judgement in managing care events and capture the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service delivery.

Work within defined boundaries of practice.

Ensure an effective and efficient patients journey by planning and co-ordinating of the episode of care /caseload including the smooth transition to other settings, promoting safe and effective discharge from the service and optimising communication with interdisciplinary and interagency teams as required.

Within a multidisciplinary team environment, develop a culture of person-centred care.

Promote a caring and compassionate environment where equality and diversity issues are respected and patients are enabled to be partners in their care.

Contribute to the development of care and services by ascertaining patient and carer experience/feedback and ensure complaints are managed in line with organisational policy, including the dissemination of learning points.

Ensure that everyone within the sphere of care is treated with dignity and humanity, understanding individual needs, showing compassion and sensitivity, and provide care in a way that respects all people equally.

Enable patients/clients to learn about their conditions and treatment by coordinating the implementation of plans appropriate to their preferred approach to learning, motivation and developmental stage.

Be proactively involved in undertaking activities that monitor and improve the quality of healthcare and the effectiveness of own and others practice.

Communicate effectively across a range of circumstances and individuals.

Contribute to the development of an organisational culture thatsupports continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice and succession planning.

Support the appraisal process by ensuing that personal development plans are developed and that they are consistent with the teams and organisations objectives, succession planning and workforce development and support professional revalidation

Network with peers across professional groups and clinical disciplines promoting the exchange of knowledge, skills and resources. Have high-level communication skills and contribute to wider development of practice by publicising and disseminating work through presentations at conferences and articles in the professional press.

Demonstrate effective use of resources in decision-making and propose appropriate strategies to enhance quality, productivity and value in own sphere of work.

Strive constantly to improve practice and health outcomes so that they are consistent with or better than national and international standards.

Take an innovative and proactive approach to the redesign of clinical services, linked to organisational priorities and in support of improved outcomes.

Support the development and implementation of the Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Strategy for the organisation.

Within clinical area ensure knowledge and implementation of the organisations quality and safety agenda.

Develop and maintain a working knowledge of local, national and professional strategy and policy, ensuring that organisational goals and values are reflected in personal objectives.

Demonstrate the ability to contribute to policy and strategy development at a departmental and organisational level and, where appropriate, national level.

Demonstrate compliance to the pledges of the NHS Constitution 2012 and Trust values.

Act in a way which is consistent with the values based approach to care delivery.

Flexible Working- As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process. Qualificationss. - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicants qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Sponsorship- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa .

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 3 years NMC qualification
• 18 months experience in Head and neck Nursing or oncology
• Ability to work flexible to meet the needs of the service
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Qualified to degree level or working towards this level
• ENT or Health Assessment qualification
• Evidence of mentorship or update
  
  

Documents

• job description Band 6 CNS (, 904.5)PDFKB
• RWT Professional Standards (, 95.4)PDFKB
• Wolverhampton Map (, 600.9)PDFKB
• Trust Brochure (, 6.3)PDFMB
• Employee Rewards Booklet v.13 (, 1.6)PDFMB
• Flexible Working Commitment (, 1.1)PDFMB
• NHS Staff Offer - National Express (, 963.3)PDFKB
• Our Strategy (, 1.8)PDFMB
• Joint Behavioural Framework v1. 2024 (, 2.5)PDFMB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameJayne TipperJob titleClinical Nurse SpecialistEmail address [email protected]Telephone number01902 695419

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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