Enhanced Nurse Practitioner, Lung Cancer

Job summary

The post holder will work as a healthcare professional within the Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse Team and assist in the care provision alongside the senior Enhance Care Practitioner when required.

They will be expected to utilise clinical skills within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients within the lung cancer service receive holistic, timely, and high-quality care.

The post holder will demonstrate compassionate leadership and effective communication skills, supporting decision-making, and promoting person-centered approaches in health and care.

Main duties of the job

1. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual treatment interventions within a set field of practice for patients by virtue of enhanced clinical judgement and close liaison with members of the MDT and the senior Enhanced Clinical Practitioner.
2. Provide specialist, clinical knowledge to colleagues, patients, and carers/relatives.
3. Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care, or seeking to make positive changes, using Health Education England's framework to promote person-centered approaches in health and care.
4. Work in conjunction with the MDT to clearly define values, direction, and policies impacting upon care.
5. Evaluate their own practice, and participate in multidisciplinary service and team evaluation, demonstrating the impact of enhanced clinical practice on service function, effectiveness, and quality.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognized centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialties. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organization and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Date posted: 01 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 339-MED-4927-LMG

Job locations: Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
2. Be responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions, and omissions at this enhanced level of practice.
3. Utilise professional judgement and maturity, understanding when to seek help.
4. Act as a role model within the clinical area and the team as a research-empowered practitioner.
5. Demonstrate receptiveness to challenge and preparedness to constructively challenge others, escalating concerns that affect individuals, families, carers, communities, and colleagues' safety and well-being when necessary.
6. Demonstrate resilience and determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex, or unpredictable, and seeking to build confidence in others.

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