Macmillan Lung Cancer Nurse

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Westhay; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Lung Cancer Specialist Nursing team at Arrowe Park Hospital invites applications for a Band 7 CNS to support patients and families from diagnosis through treatment and the cancer journey.

The CNS will use advanced communication and assessment skills to alleviate distress, provide specialist education, and work within the MDT to improve patient experience and pathways across Wirral and beyond.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current UK registration and essential qualifications.
• Post-basic cancer/palliative care qualification or equivalent experience.
• Commitment to professional development and teaching skills.
• Experience in a cancer care or MDT setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Enable patients and families to access, appraise and interpret information to shape their care.
• Provide clinical expertise and specialist advice across service boundaries.
• Define clear care pathways and refer to other professionals as appropriate.
• Make clinical judgements, request diagnostic tests and act on expertise.
• Assess and manage cancer-related symptoms and determine need for onward referral.
• Facilitate interpretation of diagnostic information and treatment options.
• Support patients and carers to participate in care decisions and self-management.
• Promote self-management with risk stratification and appropriate support.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Audit/research skills

Education

Registered General Nurse

First level degree in related subject

Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care

Evidence of continued professional development

Recognised teaching qualification

Clinical Diagnostics / Nurse Prescribing

IT qualification

Evidence of master's level learning

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Lung Cancer Specialist Nursing team at Arrowe Park hospital.

As part of the existing team the successful candidate will be responsible for providing support for the patient and family from diagnosis through treatment and throughout the cancer journey.

Using advanced communication and psychological assessment skills the CNS will aim to assess and alleviate the psychological distress for cancer patients and their families, including identification of need for onward referral to other agencies and disciplines as appropriate.

Provide education and specialist advice to patients, their carers and staff on the specific care and treatment for the specialit.

Acts as a valuable resource for the multi-professional team.

Set standards of care, influence the work of other professional groups and act as a change agent.

Work as a core member of the MDT supporting the cancer pathway to improve the patient experience.

Main duties of the job

• Enable people to access, identify, appraise and interpret information, to determine their own future.
• Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across service boundaries.
• Define a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate.
• Make clinical judgements based on experience and knowledge and take appropriate action Request diagnostic tests within agreed sphere of competence and make clinical judgements based on clinical expertise.
• Assess and manage symptoms, problems related to area of expertise and recognising when appropriate for onward referral is required.
• To facilitate the assimilation of complex clinical information regarding diagnosis, staging investigations and treatment options
• Support and empower patients and carers to influence and participate in often difficult decisions regarding the panning and delivery of care.
• Promote self-management, undertaking risk stratification to determine those who can self-manage, following education, those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will require on-going, face to face support.

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 9 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 408-26-655

Job locations: Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Road, Upton, CH49 5PE, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

• Essential: Registered General Nurse
• Essential: First level degree in related subject
• Essential: Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care.
• Essential: Evidence of continued professional development
• Desirable: Recognised teaching qualification
• Desirable: Clinical Diagnostics / Nurse Prescribing
• Desirable: IT qualification
• Desirable: Evidence of master's level learning

Knowledge and Skills

• Desirable: Evidence of advanced communications skills
• Desirable: Audit/ research Skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer's website: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Contact

Matron Vicky Kevern, [e-mail], 01516785111