Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardio-Oncology

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist in Cardio-Oncology on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves coordinating care for cancer patients with cardiovascular issues, working within a multi-disciplinary team, and developing specialized clinical skills. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and previous experience in cardiology.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience including recent experience within cardiology.
• Band 6 experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical care of cancer patients with cardiovascular disease.
• Educate patients and colleagues about care processes.
• Manage nurse-led clinics with consultant cardiologist oversight.

Skills

Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively

Non-judgemental approach to patient care

Ability to work autonomously

Experience in writing protocols

Word processing and database skills

Education

oRGN

oBSc or working towards

oRelevant cardiac or oncology course

oMentorship/teaching course

oCounselling course

oIndependent prescribing course

oPhysical assessment course or experience

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardio-Oncology

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our Cardio-Oncology CNS team. This post will be a fixed term 12 month contract to cover maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

The clinical cardio-oncology clinical nurse specialist is a role for an independent practitioner working within the multi-disciplinary cardio-oncology team. The post holder will work closely with the whole of the multidisciplinary team to take responsibility for helping to coordinate the clinical care of cancer patients with cardiovascular disease.

Responsibilities will include education of patients and colleagues, coordination of patients' care between the cardiology and oncology/ haematology teams including inpatient care, systematic data collection, clinical audit and multidisciplinary team meeting coordination The post holder will be expected to develop specialized skills and knowledge relating to the field and ultimately to perform nurse-led clinics with consultant cardiologist oversight alongside the main cardio-oncology clinics. The post-holder will be managed as part of the Heart Failure CNS team, with cross-cover as appropriate between colleagues.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oRGN
• oBSc or working towards
• oRelevant cardiac or oncology course
• oMentorship/teaching course
• oCounselling course
• oIndependent prescribing course
• oPhysical assessment course or experience of this

Experience

• oPost registration experience including recent experience within cardiology
• oBand 6 experience

Skills

• oAbility to prioritise clinical work effectively
• oCan show a non-judgemental approach to patient care
• oAbility to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
• oAbility to monitor the quality of own work and others
• oAble to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
• oPrevious experience of nurse-led clinics or willingness to consider developing these
• oAbility to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
• oAbility to work autonomously and be proactive
• oAbility to reflect on practice
• oWord processing and data base skills
• oExperience in writing protocols

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.