Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic nurse to join our team of Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Melanoma Skin cancer pathway.
To provide a service within St George's Hospital to patients with Melanoma cancer. The Clinical Nurse Specialist works as part of the multi-professional team, ensuring that this group of patients receives the highest standard of care and support from time of diagnosis and throughoutthe cancer pathway. The post holder will represent the Trust and the Lead Cancer Nurse at all meetings related to the cancer service framework and in particular those pertaining to Melanoma cancer.
Main duties of the job
As a pivotal member of the team you will be passionate about the delivery of a high quality, safe and effective care to St George's cohort of Melanoma Cancer patients. You will meet patients post diagnosis and act as a keyworker for them throughout their entire cancer pathway. This includes patients across the surgical and medical oncology treatment paradigms.
About us
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to work autonomoussly
- Ability to manage complex and difficult emotional situations
Experience
Essential
- 2 years band 6/7 experience in oncology, plastics, melanoma / skin cancer
- Teaching experience
- Experience working as a Senior Nurse at MDT level
- Leadership experience
Desirable
- Nurse-led clinic experience
- Service improvement experience
- Previous experience as a CNS
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration
- First Level Degree
- Oncology module or other relevant qualification
Desirable
- Masters Degree
- V300 Independent Prescriber
- Physical Assessment Module
- Psychology Level 2 training
- Advance Communication course
Research
Essential
- Knowledge of current clinical and nursing research related to melanoma / skin cancer
- Ability to critically analyse data
- Ability to carry out an audit
Desirable
- Research Course and/or experience
- Published work (articles/posters/conference presentation)
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of audit, research and evidence based practice
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Evidence of clinical leadership qualities
- Evidence of presentation skills
- Evidence of excellent documentation/written skills
- Ability to work autonomously or as part of a multi-professional team
Desirable
- Experience of change management
- Knowledge of statistics and report writing
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to work autonomoussly
- Ability to manage complex and difficult emotional situations
Experience
Essential
- 2 years band 6/7 experience in oncology, plastics, melanoma / skin cancer
- Teaching experience
- Experience working as a Senior Nurse at MDT level
- Leadership experience
Desirable
- Nurse-led clinic experience
- Service improvement experience
- Previous experience as a CNS
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration
- First Level Degree
- Oncology module or other relevant qualification
Desirable
- Masters Degree
- V300 Independent Prescriber
- Physical Assessment Module
- Psychology Level 2 training
- Advance Communication course
Research
Essential
- Knowledge of current clinical and nursing research related to melanoma / skin cancer
- Ability to critically analyse data
- Ability to carry out an audit
Desirable
- Research Course and/or experience
- Published work (articles/posters/conference presentation)
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of audit, research and evidence based practice
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Evidence of clinical leadership qualities
- Evidence of presentation skills
- Evidence of excellent documentation/written skills
- Ability to work autonomously or as part of a multi-professional team
Desirable
- Experience of change management
- Knowledge of statistics and report writing
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
