Colorectal Nurse Specialist - 2 week wait team

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their dedicated cancer team. The role encompasses managing cancer patient pathways, providing essential support to patients and families, and collaborating with the healthcare team. Ideal candidates will possess a Registered Nurse qualification and significant experience in cancer care. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous leave, NHS pension scheme membership, and various employee discounts.

Benefits

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance services

Local financial advice

Qualifications

• Experience in managing the cancer patient pathway.
• Ability to provide specialist knowledge to the healthcare team.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare.

Responsibilities

• Manage the two week pathway for patients with newly diagnosed cancer.
• Triaging patients for faster diagnostics.
• Support patients and their families throughout their cancer journey.

Skills

Patient care management

Cancer care knowledge

Communication skills

Clinical assessment

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Colorectal 2 week wait team cancer nurse specialists at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. We are a dynamic and passionate service responsible for delivering high quality cancer care to our patients. We are committed to supporting the continued professional development of our team. Managing the two week pathway for patients with a newly diagnosed or suspected Colorectal cancer. Supporting patients and their families at the time of investigation and diagnosis and throughout their journey. The role will include triaging with telephone or face to face in clinics to ensure faster diagnostics. Providing specialist knowledge and support to other members of the wider team.

Working in a senior nurse role as a cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist. Managing the pathway for patients with a newly diagnosed cancer. Supporting patients and their families at the time of diagnosis and throughout their journey. Managing the service and service development. Providing specialist knowledge and support to other members of the wider team. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. 'Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager'.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce. Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester. In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' (see additional documentation) and provide examples.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our 'two tick' kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice