Specialist Breast Care Nurse

Wwl; Wigan; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wigan is seeking a motivated Specialist Breast Care Nurse to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing comprehensive breast care services, managing caseloads, and delivering patient-centered care in both hospital and community settings. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in breast care, strong communication skills, and a commitment to patient confidentiality. This part-time position offers flexibility and the opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience within breast care specialty.
• Experience in outpatient clinics and policy development.

Responsibilities

• Provides specialist breast care service in hospital and community.
• Delivers high quality, patient-centered care.
• Manages own caseload and supports lead nurse.

Skills

Communication

Counselling

Clinical Skills

Interpersonal Relationships

Education

First level registered nurse

Degree in health related subject

Teaching qualification

Oncology qualification

Job description

Main area Specialist Breast Care Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

25 hours per week (This is 2 posts - Mon/Tues/Wed Working pattern 8.30 - 16.30 Wed/Thu/Fri Working pattern 8.30 - 16.30 Flexibility for evening clinics and MDT) Job ref 302-25-7107485S

Site Thomas Linacre Centre Town Wigan Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/05/2025 23:59

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Job overview

Our team are looking for a motivated individual with a keen interest in breast care, to work within the screening and symptomatic service. We are looking for somebody with Surgical and Oncology Services experience. We provide a wide range of oncoplastic surgical techniques, and work closely with the oncology and research teams.

We are a friendly forward thinking team, working together using a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve the best outcome for our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
• Manages and organises own case load.
• To work along side and support the lead Specialist Breast Care Nurse.
• Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provides professional clinical leadership, guidance, expert advice and support within the Breast Care Nursing team.
• Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
• Delivers high quality, evidence based, patient centred care within clearly defined guidelines and protocols, this will improve the patients experience and meet local needs.
• Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.

Person specification

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse
• Degree/degree pathway in health related subject/willing to work towards
• ENB A11 or equivalent specialist qualification or willingness to work towards
• Teaching qualification/mentorship course or equivalent experience
• Demonstrate counselling skills, experience/qualification.
• Oncology qualification, e.g. ENB237 cancer course or equivalent
• Advanced communication skills

Experience

• Significant post registration proven experience within this clinical speciality.
• Experience of participation in outpatient clinics in this specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in policy development /guidelines.
• Experience in clinical audit
• Experience of audit and research

Skills

• Ability to communicate potentially unpleasant/ sensitive information to patients in a variety of settings
• Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Ability to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Ability to perform relevant clinical skills
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
• Basic IT Skills
• Advanced Communication Skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to Breast Disease management and implications / application to clinical practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Understanding of research management
• Teaching and assessing knowledge and ability

Additional

• Flexible approach to work
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation

Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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