Renal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Integrated Care System; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Guildford is seeking an experienced Renal Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Renal CNS team. This role involves providing holistic support to patients diagnosed with renal cancer, coordinating their care alongside a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will hold a nursing degree and have relevant experience in renal care. This position offers a salary range of £50,008 to £56,908 per annum and emphasizes the importance of patient-focused treatment and comprehensive cancer services.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with at least 2 years experience at Band 6 or above in renal care.
• Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge in the past two years.
• Teaching qualification or mentorship certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, patient-focused service delivering evidence-based information to renal cancer patients.
• Work as a core member of the multidisciplinary team providing expert advice and education.
• Act as key worker coordinating individual patient care and providing a primary point of contact.

Skills

Holistic patient care

Team management

Clinical competence

Education

Registered Nurse

First Degree

Post-registration qualification in Renal Care

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our well established Renal CNS team at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre .We are a regional Renal Cancer centre and accept oncology referrals from a large geographical area offering a variety of oncological treatments. We are seeking and enthusiastic, compassionate, and experienced oncology nurse to complement our growing CNS team. We are looking for a team-player who can be adaptable and responsive in the management of this vast patient group who can have acute clinical needs.

The key purpose of the Renal Clinical Nurse Specialist is to work autonomously alongside our established CNS and Care co-ordinator to co-ordinate the delivery of a comprehensive and holistic Renal cancer service within the Trust.

The CNS will provide support/key worker status to Renal cancer patients and their families/carers from diagnosis and throughout their pathway. With the support of the MDT, the post holder will endeavour to provide a patient focused service, offering holistic assessment, specialist support and information and provide psychological support as necessary.

The successful post holder will be responsible for the development of innovative nursing practice and the provision of specialist advice within their field, implementing personalised care to enhance the patient experience, including a Nurse - led clinic assessing patients undergoing treatment.

Main duties of the job

Full time substantive role, to provide a holistic, patient - focused service delivering evidence based information and advice to patients with renal cancer, supporting them and their families throughout treatment and ongoing care.

To work as a core member of the multidisciplinary team providing expert advice and education.

To act as 'key worker' within the multidisciplinary team, taking a central role coordinating individual patients care; promoting continuity through the treatment modalities, and to provide patients with a primary point of contact for information and advice.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

To provide a holistic, patient - focused service delivering evidence based information and advice to patients with renal cancer, run a nurse led clinic assessing patients fitness to continue with treatment, supporting them and their families throughout diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.

To work as a core member of the multidisciplinary team providing expert advice and education.

To act as 'key worker' within the multidisciplinary team, taking a central role coordinating individual patients care; promoting continuity through the treatment modalities, and to provide patients with a primary point of contact for information and advice

Previous CNS experience in is desirable however, a developmental role will be considered for the right candidate.

For further information or informal visit please contactLucie Broome, lead CNS for Renal Cancers, ext [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• First Degree
• Recent post-registration qualification (s) or equivalent experience in Renal Care
• Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge in past two years
• Teaching qualification/teaching/ mentorship certificate
• Counselling Qualification
• Master's degree (or working towards) in Advanced Nursing/Oncology

Knowledge

• 2 years' experience at Band 6 or above within the field of renal care
• Team management and service development experience
• Can demonstrate up to date clinical competence
• Publication of research/audit
• Clinical audit
• Evidence of advance skills in practice
• Evidence of advanced research based skills in clinical practice
• Knowledge of current NHS and Professional issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues such as clinical risk, management and complaints handling

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.

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearPer annum (pro rata part time) inc HCAS