Job Description
Job Overview We are pleased to invite applications to join the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist team at the Parapet.
Supported by the Band 8a Cross-Site Team lead, the successful post holder will provide leadership and development opportunities for the local breast nursing service, although ad hoc cross-site support at Frimley park hospital, Camberley is also an expectation.
They will be responsible for managing the Band 6 CNS team. Together, the team support patients diagnosed with a primary breast cancer, in all aspects of care co-ordination and service delivery.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist plays a pivotal role in ensuring an excellent experience of care for breast cancer patients, acting as keyworker linking with the treating surgical and oncology teams and offering strong patient advocacy.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an forward-thinking senior nurse who is highly motivated to develop quality improvement opportunities in breast cancer services.
The post-holder will manage junior members of the team and act as keyworker for breast cancer patients, providing a link between patients and health care professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. They will also act as patient advocate and provide ongoing support for patients and their families.
The post-holder will continually support, develop and evaluate the Breast Cancer service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The successful applicant will develop and deliver a comprehensive nurse-led service that is holistic in its approach, evidence based and meets the individual needs of breast cancer patients. The post requires the ability to work autonomously within a well-established, cohesive nursing team.
The post-holder will ensure their role reflects the core components of the clinical nurse specialist which includes: clinical practice, management, education, research and audit, taking into account the national cancer agenda and its impact on service delivery. They will also co-ordinate care by providing a point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people who have completed treatment who are identified as having urgent or specialist needs.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For further information regarding this role, please refer to the attached job description/person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications Essential criteria
- Degree in nursing and current NMC registration
- Breast/oncology/palliative care qualification
- Leadership / project management qualification
- Teaching or Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication skills training/Sage & Thyme, Psychology Level 2
- Physical assessment skills
- Psychology Level 2 training
- NMP qualification
- Prosthesis fitting qualification
Experience Essential criteria
- Management/leadership experience
- Band 6 CNS experience
- Experience delivering nurse-led clinics
- Breast cancer / oncology / SACT / palliative care experience
Desirable criteria
- Band 7 CNS experience
- Experience in MDT working
- Team Management experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of national cancer strategy and guidelines
- Previous patient education / support / counselling skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in research and audit
- Breast prosthesis fitting experience
- Service improvement and report writing
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness and ability to travel cross site, including to Parapet, Windsor
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future . Apply online now
Job Tags
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