Nurse Specialist Upper GI Cancer

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Great Yarmouth seeks a specialist nurse to deliver high-quality care in the Upper GI Cancer specialty. The role involves assessing and implementing care programmes, coordinating treatment pathways, and serving as a professional role model within the clinical team. We prioritize our staff's growth and well-being, ensuring a supportive environment for your career development.

Qualifications

• Specialist nursing advice and individualised care to patients/clients.
• Flexibility in providing cover for various clinical areas.
• Nurse-led service in Upper GI Cancer specialty.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes.
• Manage holistic care considering physiological, spiritual, and cultural aspects.
• Act as a role model in clinical practice.

Job description

To provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.

To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for any area specified acting as professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research.

To provide a nurse led service offering advice and expertise within the Upper GI Cancer speciality.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, providing specialist advice and actively seeking evidence based practice which will improve the quality of care and meet the needs of a group of patients.
• A holistic approach to caring should be planned that will include the appropriate level of physiological; pathological; spiritual, socio-economical and cultural aspects which influence the care of clients within your specific specialty. To manage episodes of care as own/joint/shared caseload and discharging patients as per protocol.
• To spend time in clinical practice acting as a role model to ensure the delivery of nursing care is at highest possible level to meet patient care.
• To act as a key worker for patients in the case load, providing seamless, coordinated treatment pathway ensuring that scans, outpatient appointments etc are arranged such as to avoid treatment interruptions keeping the patient informed at all times.
• To work with the Upper GI Cancer team taking an active role in involving users and carers in developing the service.

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.