Job summary
FIXED TERM / SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Breast Care team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. The Breast Care Team currently looks after patients undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment.
The successful candidate will work alongside a team of specialist nurses working alongside the Breast Consultants in delivering a high class service. To deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompasses aspects of education, research and management but is firmly grounded in direct compassionate care provision or clinical work with patients, families, caseloads and populations. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.
The successful candidate will be accountable for:
- Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice
- Enhancing the patient's experience
- Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
- Efficient and effective use of resources
- Provide management and developing the performance of the team.
Main duties of the job
This is a support post to the Breast Care service. Essentially the post holder will work with the existing Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialists to:-
- Ensure there is continuity of specialised nursing support for individual patients and their family/carer at key and significant stages in their patient pathway and to ensure care is co-ordinated
- Ensure that individual patients have a key worker, a co-ordinated care pathway and that on going assessment of needs and information about their clinical management, access to benefits and other support services is undertaken at key stages in the care pathway
- Support the Senior Clinical Nurse Specialists in developing and participating with educational training programmes and teaching materials
About us
You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time as, having recently being awarded more than £300 million government funding, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is about to undergo a major transformation as part of our sustainable services programme. This will lead to breast imaging and surgery being co-located at one of the two hospital sites in a purpose built breast services department.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or on degree pathway in Nursing Studies or willing to undertake
- Breast Care Nursing qualification or willingness to undertake
- Advanced Communications training or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Mentorship in Practice (ENB 998 or equivalent)
- Breast Care Nursing qualification
Experience
Essential
- First level nurse
- Significant and relevant post-registration experience
Desirable
- Relevant experience to cancer nursing i.e. Care of the Dying Patient
- Post qualification experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing/clinical audit
Desirable
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
Personal circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel to both Trust sites to attend relevant meetings etc.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or on degree pathway in Nursing Studies or willing to undertake
- Breast Care Nursing qualification or willingness to undertake
- Advanced Communications training or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Mentorship in Practice (ENB 998 or equivalent)
- Breast Care Nursing qualification
Experience
Essential
- First level nurse
- Significant and relevant post-registration experience
Desirable
- Relevant experience to cancer nursing i.e. Care of the Dying Patient
- Post qualification experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing/clinical audit
Desirable
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
Personal circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel to both Trust sites to attend relevant meetings etc.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
