Thoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the thoracic surgery team. The role involves delivering high-quality care to patients undergoing thoracic surgery, managing a patient caseload, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background and exceptional organisational skills, enabling them to work collaboratively and independently. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in patient care and support service innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical background in thoracic patient care.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing expertise in clinical settings.
• Manage a patient caseload in thoracic surgery.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Organisational skills

Collaboration

Independent work

Education

Clinical nursing qualification

Job description

Thorax Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the thoracic surgery team at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This role offers the opportunity contribute to the expansion of specialist services following the recent commissioning of the national pectus service; and supporting the lung cancer and lung volume reduction surgical pathways.

We are seeking an individual with a strong clinical background and deep understanding of thoracic patient care. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing nursing expertise across various clinical settings, including outpatients while supporting patients and their families from through treatment and follow up.

The ideal candidate will have exceptional organisational skills, the confidence in working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels and across professional groups, and the ability to work independently. The clinical nurse specialist role provides a great opportunity to manage a patient caseload while also contributing to service development, education, quality improvement, audits and research projects., The Thoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) plays a crucial role within the multi professional team, serving as an expert practitioner who delivers high quality, patient centred care to patients undergoing thoracic surgery in the Thorax Centre, St.Bartholomew's Hospital.

This role involves providing clinical care in line with nationalstandards and the post holder will play an active part in service development, quality and safety initiatives, audit and research. The post holder will manage a patient case load, providing specialist support across the pre and post operative patient pathways.

The CNS will work to enhance the experiences of the patient, their family, or carers by offering expert support and coordinating care throughout the patients' journey. This roleincludes participating in the organisation and running of clinics supporting the lung cancer post op follow up clinic, the national pectus service and lung volume reduction service,working collaboratively as an experienced member of the thoracic and respiratory team.A minimum of 50% of time must be spent in clinical practice.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.