Clinical Nurse Specialist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Specialist Nurse role is integral to the ongoing development of the Breast Care Service and will involve working collaboratively with the Consultant Breast surgeons, Oncologists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the continuity of an integrated holistic approach to Breast Cancer Care.

The successful applicant will support the Macmillan Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist team to actively plan, implement and evaluate expert nursing care and provide specialist advice

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with breast cancer, at varying stages of disease, including early stage through to advanced progressive disease.
• Provide specialist advice, information and counselling to patients on the caseload, ensuring they are fully informed of their diagnosis and treatment options.
• Offer additional support as required and signpost where necessary, and work with oncology, palliative care teams and other relevant staff.
• Maintain comprehensive clinic records in written and electronic format, using IT systems such as Lorenzo, WebV, Somerset and Soliton.

Job description

The Specialist Nurse is a role integral to the ongoing development of the Breast Care Service and will involve working collaboratively with the Consultant Breast surgeons, Oncologists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the continuity of an integrated seamless holistic approach to Breast Cancer Care. The successful applicant will support the Macmillan Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist team to actively plan, implement and evaluate expert nursing care and provide specialist advice and psychosocial support to patients with breast cancer across the range of care settings within the trust in line with local and national guidelines.

Manage a caseload of patients with breast cancer, at varying stages of disease, including early stage through to advanced progressive disease. Provide specialist advice, information and counselling to patients on the caseload, ensuring they are fully informed of their diagnosis and treatment options, offering additional support as required and signpost where necessary. To work with oncology, palliative care teams and any other deemed relevant. Maintain comprehensive clinic records in written and electronic format, using IT systems such as Lorenzo, WebV, Somerset and Soliton.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.