Nurse

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North East London seeks a Nurse for the Lung Cancer Screening Service. The role includes assessing patients, providing advice, and managing nursing duties as part of a 7-day service. Applicants should have a registered Nursing qualification and a minimum of two years experience in respiratory nursing. A clean driving license is required. The salary is between £38,000 - £42,000 plus a car allowance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years experience at Band 5 in respiratory nursing.
• Willing to undertake flexible shift patterns including weekends/bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide virtual and face to face nurse led clinics.
• Demonstrate excellent nursing skills in respiratory assessment.
• Identify and manage patients presenting with red flags.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

IT skills

Ability to work autonomously

Nursing skills in respiratory assessment

Education

First level registered Nurse

Job description

Overview

This role will be fundamental to the delivery and running of a high quality and effective Lung Cancer service which will identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other lung diseases.

Introduction

The overall purpose of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme is to enable the early detection of lung cancer to save lives. The Lung Cancer Screening Service has been implemented throughout the UK in areas identified with high disease prevalence where significant impact can be made from the recognition of early-stage lung cancer and offering curative treatment.

About us

InHealth is the UK"s largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions. Our aim is to make healthcare better for patients by working collaboratively with the NHS to deliver a range of high-quality tests, scans, assessments and procedures. In the last year, we have supported more than 5 million people in their healthcare journeys, the majority of these are NHS patients and service users.

As a people-focused organisation, our teams are integral in how we deliver our services and our values of Trust, Passion, Care and Fresh Thinking underpin everything we do, influencing the way we interact with patients, customers, and colleagues. Our mission is to be the preferred provider of high-quality diagnostics and healthcare solutions in hospitals and in accessible community settings, serving patients from 1,000 locations by 2025.

Job responsibilities

Role: Nurse

Location: North East London

Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 + £4,200 Car Allowance

This role will be fundamental to the delivery and running of a high quality and effective Lung Cancer Screening service which will identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other lung diseases.

The overall purpose of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme is to enable the early detection of lung cancer to save lives. The Lung Cancer Screening Service has been implemented throughout the UK in areas identified with high disease prevalence where significant impact can be made from the recognition of early-stage lung cancer and offering curative treatment.

Our nursing teams provide a 7-day service with bank holiday working included across all programmes. Candidates must be adaptable around mobile working and willing to work 12-hour shift patterns as our standard working pattern.

• Provide virtual and face to face nurse led clinics; assessing patients against set risk criteria and referring on to Low-Dose CT as required for patients assessed as high risk.
• Demonstrate and deliver excellent nursing skills in respiratory assessment and provide smoking cessation nursing advice delivered as part of the Lung Cancer Screening.
• Ability to provide health promotion integral to the delivery of lung cancer screening.
• Identify and act accordingly to raise any potential safeguarding concerns.
• Identify and act accordingly to manage any patients presenting with red flags or potential medical emergencies.
• Maintain IRMER accreditation which will be provided during induction (to refer to Low-Dose CT).
• Where your role requires it, to attain and maintain ARTP accreditation level (to provide spirometry).
• Work autonomously engaging with the wider Lung Cancer Screening teams as needed in the pathway.
• Support the Team Lead with all essential clinical administration duties relevant to support the role and effective running of the programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level registered Nurse.
• Evidence of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Have excellent communication skills written, verbal and listening.
• Have good IT skills, comfortable on a number of different software packages.
• Value diversity and difference, operate with integrity and openness.
• Willing to undertake further training to support professional development of Lung Cancer Screening nurse and meet bespoke needs required by the service commissioned.
• Have a clean driving license.

Experience

• Minimum of two years experience at Band 5 in respiratory nursing.
• Experience in respiratory assessment and smoking cessation support is desirable.

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrates ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and autonomously as required.
• Willing to undertake flexible shift patterns including weekends/bank holidays as part of a 7-day service.

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.