Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Cancer Services - Warrington and Ha[...]

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cheshire (MA); On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a motivated Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist to join a dedicated team. The role involves providing expert care and support to patients, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient journeys and meeting national cancer targets. Applicants should have at least two years of experience in breast cancer pathways and be committed to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a degree.
• Current experience in Breast cancer.
• Qualified for at least 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and education throughout Breast Cancer pathways.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.
• Ensure quality of care and communication with other health professionals.

Skills

Communication

Data Analysis

Advanced Clinical Skills

Holistic Needs Assessment

Education

RGN, Educated to degree level

Advanced Communication skills training

Job description

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Halton Hospital Town Runcorn Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and clinically skilled nurse to join our existing team of Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in a part time post of 28 hours. The post holder will need to have experience within Breast cancer pathways.

The post holder will provide expert clinical and supportive care for patients diagnosed with Breast cancer and work with the Local Multidisciplinary Team in supporting patients throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway, providing individualised, compassionate and informed patient care.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end.

To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff.

To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end. To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care;
assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• RGN, Educated to degree level, evidence of ongoing professional development
• Advanced Communication skills training, Clinical Examinations skills

Experience

• Qualified for at least 2 years, Current experience in Breast cancer, experience of implementing change

Skills

• • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients and relatives in a variety of settings. • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication • Able to analyse data and provide written reports. • IT skills. • Able to manage work autonomously, within broad clinical parameters. • Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area. • Able to present information to professional groups. • Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. • In conjunction with other clinical colleagues, develop and plan specialised care pathways for patients. • Ability to clinically lead and influence staff • Able to perform advanced clinical skills within the Trust Policy framework. • Assertive. • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues. • Ability to manage own workload•
• Holistic Needs Assessment

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

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.