Job summary
The Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (The Trust) is an experienced member of staff who works within and may lead a team within a defined area of specialist nursing care.
The Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as Key Worker and therefore specialist resource of current clinical information addressing the specific needs of individual patients through direct / indirect interventions. The post holder will liaise across all care settings, referring patients to other relevant Health Care Professionals, when appropriate. A key part of the role will be collaborative working, aiming to provide a seamless service between the Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust, other Hospital Trusts, hospices, Primary Care and the voluntary sector.
Another key objective of the role is to work as part of and contribute to the ongoing development of the site-specific multidisciplinary teams.
The Skin Cancer CNS will be a positive influencer, who has the expertise and highly developed skills to interpret and communicate speciality knowledge. The CNS will ensure that best evidence-based practice within the speciality is promoted throughout the Trust supporting at all times the provision of compassionate, safe and high-quality care for all patients.
Main duties of the job
The Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will work within the Skin Cancer CNS Team and alongside Dermatologist, Plastic Surgeons, Oncologists and the wider Multidisciplinary Team supporting patients diagnosed with a skin cancer.
The aim of the post is to enhance the patient quality of life when diagnosed with skin cancer, supporting patients, families and carers. The post holder will act as a key worker identifying the needs of this patient population using his/her expertise in clinical, knowledge and interpersonal skills to support the management of symptoms and treatments.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner managing a caseload of patients from diagnosis. This will involve the provision of specialist advice and liaison with appropriate Health Care Professionals across all care settings and Dermatology Multidisciplinary Teams in other Trusts. The CNS will be expected to deliver nurse-led clinics supporting patients with skin cancer.
The post holder will work within the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team, alongside the Cancer Management Team, clinical colleagues in dermatology, oncology, plastic surgery, radiology, palliative care and pathology, to ensure quality of care to the patient is maximised.
About us
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggesthealthcare providers and employers in the South West, with over 2.5 million patient contacts a year.
We are currently embedding a continuous improvement methodology we call Improving Together into our organisation. This approach empowers our staff by equipping them with the necessary training and support to transform their ideas into reality.
To guide our endeavours, we have devised a Trust Strategy founded on four pivotal pillars -- outstanding patient care, people feeling valued, integrated care and getting value for money. This framework demonstrates our commitment to enhancing patient care and ensuring the sustainability of our services.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
Our 5,500+ devoted staff work hard to provide exceptional patient care everyday.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To support, by demonstrating exemplar nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs.
2. Responsible for ensuring own knowledge of and compliance with appropriate NMC standards and revalidation and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice.
3. Assess, potentially highly complex, patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the hospital environment, both in-patient and out-patient, community or other settings.
4. Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements.
5. Provide and receive highly complex and/or highly sensitive patient/staff related information and ensure this is interpreted and shared, where required, to ensure seamless and effective care, in line with rules of information governance.
6. Ensures clinical governance agenda encompasses continual quality improvement that focuses on safety, reducing risk and developing efficiency and quality in care.
Please see attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To support, by demonstrating exemplar nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs.
2. Responsible for ensuring own knowledge of and compliance with appropriate NMC standards and revalidation and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice.
3. Assess, potentially highly complex, patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the hospital environment, both in-patient and out-patient, community or other settings.
4. Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements.
5. Provide and receive highly complex and/or highly sensitive patient/staff related information and ensure this is interpreted and shared, where required, to ensure seamless and effective care, in line with rules of information governance.
6. Ensures clinical governance agenda encompasses continual quality improvement that focuses on safety, reducing risk and developing efficiency and quality in care.
Please see attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1 registered with NMC
- Speciality qualification at Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and experience (or working towards Masters)
- Teaching & Assessing qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Communication skills, Psychological level 2 training
- Demonstrate evidence of on-going continuous professional development
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- Working towards Master's qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Some experience in developing specialised programmes of care relevant to the speciality service
- Significant experience working at Band 6 working at a senior level
- Experience working within Dermatology/ Plastic Surgery setting
- Evidence of sound management and leadership experience
Desirable
- Has a varied clinical background
- Budget management experience
- Risk Management & incident Investigation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1 registered with NMC
- Speciality qualification at Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and experience (or working towards Masters)
- Teaching & Assessing qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Communication skills, Psychological level 2 training
- Demonstrate evidence of on-going continuous professional development
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- Working towards Master's qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Some experience in developing specialised programmes of care relevant to the speciality service
- Significant experience working at Band 6 working at a senior level
- Experience working within Dermatology/ Plastic Surgery setting
- Evidence of sound management and leadership experience
Desirable
- Has a varied clinical background
- Budget management experience
- Risk Management & incident Investigation
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).
