Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Peritoneal Malignancy Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Job summary

The Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke is a national treatment centre where patients with peritoneal malignancy can be treated with cytoreduction and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC). The service is based at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the Basingstoke site.

The Peritoneal Malignancy Institute is one of the highest volume international centres and one of only two centres in England providing treatment for Pseudomyxoma peritonei. The service therefore provides advice and treatment for patients across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

As a member of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team you will develop strong relationships with your patients and their carers, offering high level care and expert advice to support them through their diagnosis, treatment and recovery. You will have a key role within the MDT, coordinating the patient pathway, providing specialist input into the MDT and new referral meetings and acting as a keyworker for patients. You will develop skills to enable you to provide expert advice to local teams offering support, information and advice to enhance collaborative working on a national basis.

Main duties of the job

  • Assess and meet the complex information needs of patients with Peritoneal Malignancy from diagnosis, investigation, treatment and follow-up
  • Provide inpatient care, both pre and post operatively for patients with peritoneal malignancy.
  • Outpatient consultations with the consultant which address physical, social and psychological issues related to peritoneal malignancy and the treatment pathway proposed
  • Attendance and active participation in SMDT
  • To provide an open access advisory service to patients, relatives, carers and professionals
  • Provision of telephone follow-up service to reduce the need for outpatient follow up and unnecessary presentation and admission into emergency care
  • Development of patient information
  • To present at events/conferences to raise awareness of peritoneal malignancy.
  • To provide support and mentorship to colleagues
  • To co-ordinate the patient care pathway, liaising with referring teams to ensure continuity of care
  • Daily rounds by a member of the CNS team for inpatient support
  • Provide expert advice to professionals in other Trusts for the care of patients with peritoneal malignancy
  • Undertake service reviews to ensure continual improvements are made, according to patient feedback and need

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Details

Date posted

05 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-SURG014-PERIO

Job locations

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional Practice

  • To adhere to Code of Conduct/Professional Standards of your Profession eg NMC.
  • To be responsible for creating and maintaining a clinical environment in which care and compassion is consistently demonstrated, ensuring patient centred care, privacy and dignity is practiced at all times.
  • To adhere to the trust and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times
  • To maintain, develop and record your own continuing professional development, including booking and attending all statutory, mandatory and Trust or speciality specific training.
  • To participate in clinical supervision, mentorship and education for all staff and students both at HHFT and other centres across the UK.
  • To implement, contribute and maintain trust policies, to propose and implement changes to local policies relevant to the patient/client care in peritoneal malignancy, working within your scope of practice, professional standards and guidance.

Expert clinical practice

  • Freedom to Act
  • To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable as an autonomous practitioner for all aspects of the practitioners own professional activities.
  • To interpret the Health Service and trust policies for the organisation regarding peritoneal malignancy, define and clarify the content for policies for use by nursing staff.
  • To engage with and participate in departmental meetings across the MDT

Responsibility for patient/client care

  • To develop and deliver effective, highly specialist programmes of care, recording, documenting and maintaining these within trust policies
  • Provide highly specialist clinical advice within the Trust and to departments in other Trusts, regarding peritoneal malignancy
  • Effective team working to ensure quality and safety of patient care and experience
  • To actively participate in the SMDT process, acting as the patient advocate in complex cases

To maintain database records relevant to the care pathway

To undertake nurse-led telephone follow-up clinics according to the relevant policies and procedures and to communicate and escalate any concerns raised.

To provide expert advice to patients, relatives and other teams to ensure patient care is optimised across the care pathway.

Responsibility for policy and service development

  • To assist with the development and implementation of policies or service changes for working practices or procedures for peritoneal malignancy. To be aware that these changes may have an impact on other areas or services
  • To involve multi-professional staff and patients/carers in all aspects of service improvement, working alongside line management to ensure wider aspects of strategic direction are included
  • To adhere to the trust and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times
  • To ensure that all patients in your area are given the appropriate information and advice on their health needs in line with trust standards
  • To deliver innovative ideas for health promotion and actively encourage patients to engage in their own health needs
  • To have highly specialised knowledge of peritoneal malignancy across a range of work practices
  • Acts as a role model demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others
  • Actively engages with other specialist centres to contribute expertise and experience and supports service development

Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional Practice

  • To adhere to Code of Conduct/Professional Standards of your Profession eg NMC.
  • To be responsible for creating and maintaining a clinical environment in which care and compassion is consistently demonstrated, ensuring patient centred care, privacy and dignity is practiced at all times.
  • To adhere to the trust and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times
  • To maintain, develop and record your own continuing professional development, including booking and attending all statutory, mandatory and Trust or speciality specific training.
  • To participate in clinical supervision, mentorship and education for all staff and students both at HHFT and other centres across the UK.
  • To implement, contribute and maintain trust policies, to propose and implement changes to local policies relevant to the patient/client care in peritoneal malignancy, working within your scope of practice, professional standards and guidance.

Expert clinical practice

  • Freedom to Act
  • To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable as an autonomous practitioner for all aspects of the practitioners own professional activities.
  • To interpret the Health Service and trust policies for the organisation regarding peritoneal malignancy, define and clarify the content for policies for use by nursing staff.
  • To engage with and participate in departmental meetings across the MDT

Responsibility for patient/client care

  • To develop and deliver effective, highly specialist programmes of care, recording, documenting and maintaining these within trust policies
  • Provide highly specialist clinical advice within the Trust and to departments in other Trusts, regarding peritoneal malignancy
  • Effective team working to ensure quality and safety of patient care and experience
  • To actively participate in the SMDT process, acting as the patient advocate in complex cases

To maintain database records relevant to the care pathway

To undertake nurse-led telephone follow-up clinics according to the relevant policies and procedures and to communicate and escalate any concerns raised.

To provide expert advice to patients, relatives and other teams to ensure patient care is optimised across the care pathway.

Responsibility for policy and service development

  • To assist with the development and implementation of policies or service changes for working practices or procedures for peritoneal malignancy. To be aware that these changes may have an impact on other areas or services
  • To involve multi-professional staff and patients/carers in all aspects of service improvement, working alongside line management to ensure wider aspects of strategic direction are included
  • To adhere to the trust and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times
  • To ensure that all patients in your area are given the appropriate information and advice on their health needs in line with trust standards
  • To deliver innovative ideas for health promotion and actively encourage patients to engage in their own health needs
  • To have highly specialised knowledge of peritoneal malignancy across a range of work practices
  • Acts as a role model demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others
  • Actively engages with other specialist centres to contribute expertise and experience and supports service development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
  • Post registration qualifications in field of expertise or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
  • Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal

Desirable

  • Leadership and management qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
  • Advanced communication skills training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development clearly recorded for professional profile
  • Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience to degree level

Desirable

  • Evidence of implementing a change to promote good practice
  • Experience of working within cancer care

Skills and Ability

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills across the relevant speciality

Desirable

  • Advanced communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
  • Post registration qualifications in field of expertise or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
  • Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal

Desirable

  • Leadership and management qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
  • Advanced communication skills training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development clearly recorded for professional profile
  • Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience to degree level

Desirable

  • Evidence of implementing a change to promote good practice
  • Experience of working within cancer care

Skills and Ability

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills across the relevant speciality

Desirable

  • Advanced communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted 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).

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Lead CNS

Vicki Evans

Victoria.Evans@hhft.nhs.uk

01256473202

Details

Date posted

05 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-SURG014-PERIO

Job locations

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


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