Head & Neck CNS Band 6

Job summary

Your key responsibility is to provide excellent clinical care & holistic support to patients and those affected by cancer at all stages of their cancer pathway from referral through to the process of investigation to treatment and beyond. You will facilitate & co-ordinate care across the wider multi-disciplinary team ensuring clear communication with patients, their relatives & other healthcare professionals.

You will be the person who is an accessible member of the MDT, taking a key role in coordinating the patient's care and promoting continuity, ensuring the patient knows who to access for information and advice. You be present at diagnosis and for treatment planning, acting as the patients advocate.

In your role you will promote and provide personalised care interventions for patients and those affected by cancer on your caseload.

Main duties of the job

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) are the local support team for head and neck, thyroid and skin services providing support, treatment and aftercare for those patients diagnosedwith a head and neckcancer. Following a cancer diagnosis, the patient's treatment is transferred to the Specialist Head and Neck Department in Southampton Hospital for eithersurgeryorneoadjuvant radiotherapy chemotherapy.

The Head andNeckCancerCNSteams atbothhospitals work together with the interdisciplinaryteam to help deliveran expert specialist service.

The Head and Neck CNS help to care for patients at all stages of their cancer journey in akind, compassionatemanner. Beingactive in clinical practice,multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT), management of patient caseloads, education, and audits. The CNS is presentat four of the multidisciplinary meetings, either locally (including skin)orin Southampton. Attending the clinic in Southampton on a Tuesdayafternoon.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk