Job summary
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team for Acute Oncology is looking for a motivated, flexible and resilient band 7 CNS to join our team in a 1 year secondment.
The post holder will provide individualised patient-centred care for those who have a cancer diagnosis and have presented acutely unwell as a consequence of their cancer or treatment. The post holder will be supporting patients presenting with a suspected new diagnosis of cancer, as well as managing toxicities both in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
The post holder will also be leading service development and improvement at Royal Sussex County Hospital and Worthing General sites and working collaboratively across the Trust to ensure parity of care across all sites.
The post holder will also be supporting with educational requirements both within the team and in the wider MDT. The post holder will be instrumental in reviewing and improving communication and pathways between the multidisciplinary teams involved in patient care and management.
Please note that if you currently work for another NHS Trust/within UHSussex and you are applying to accept this position as a secondment opportunity, before applying you must seek agreement and authorisation from your current Trust/manager. Secondments can't be agreed without this approval. If you are unable to gain approval you should refrain from applying unless you wish to take this role as a fixed term position.
Main duties of the job
- Assessment of cancer patients admitted as an emergency within 24 hours of presentation.
- Perform comprehensive assessment of patients' nursing and medical needs.
- Assess complex situations and make clinical decisions regarding care.
- Support patients and colleagues at breaking bad news for new diagnoses or progression of disease.
- Support work up and management of patients under the Cancer of Unknown Primary pathway.
- Supporting inpatients and outpatients with diagnosis and management of toxicity.
- Contribute to the personalised care of the patient group.
- Provide appropriate information and advice to patients and others affected by cancer.
- Provide a responsive service to queries and concerns - being able to triage and make appropriate clinical decisions, working within your limitations referring to senior colleagues as necessary.
- Signpost and refer to services appropriately, such as physiotherapy, counselling, and palliative care.
- Provide support and line management to junior members of the team.
- Liaise effectively with members of the multi-disciplinary teams.
- Work effectively and collaboratively with the CNS teams across UHSx and with our partner organisations.
- Be a support and mentor to junior staff members.
- To actively lead on and contribute to service development - including developing appropriate KPIs that are measurable which demonstrate service improvement.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in ourOutstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative communitywhere everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer abuddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them whenthey need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff whichis extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look afterourselves.As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the bestthat we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hopethat in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you makeand feel valued for all that you do.We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To include but not limited to:
- Triage, assessment and management of acutely unwell cancer patients.
- Management and co-ordination of treatment for cancer emergency presentations including neutropenic sepsis, metastatic spinal cord compression.
- Support and advise on the diagnosis of suspected cancer.
- Support the work-up, diagnosis and management of patients under the Cancer of Unknown Primary pathway.
- Attendance at the multidisciplinary meetings and clinics
- Management of patients presenting with immunotherapy toxicity and on-going assessment of response to treatment.
- Collaborative working with all members of the MDT, including acute medical teams, site-specific CNS teams.
- Signposting and making appropriate referrals
- Lead on the service development of cancer CNS teams
- Present at breaking bad news as required
- Delivering and supporting patients when receiving life-altering / limiting news
- Demonstrate effective and compassionate enhanced communication skills
- Ensuring pathways for investigations and treatments are timely - managing and escalating as required any concerns that may impact the diagnostic and treatment target dates
- Working clinically autonomously to provide advice in response to unscheduled contacts from patients and professionals
- Reviewing current practice and working collaboratively to improve,
- Be an influential leader to all grades and disciplines of staff
- Promote effective teamwork
- Conduct audit - including design and data analysis
- Working in line with trust values and the NMC code of conduct
Please see JD and person spec for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
To include but not limited to:
- Triage, assessment and management of acutely unwell cancer patients.
- Management and co-ordination of treatment for cancer emergency presentations including neutropenic sepsis, metastatic spinal cord compression.
- Support and advise on the diagnosis of suspected cancer.
- Support the work-up, diagnosis and management of patients under the Cancer of Unknown Primary pathway.
- Attendance at the multidisciplinary meetings and clinics
- Management of patients presenting with immunotherapy toxicity and on-going assessment of response to treatment.
- Collaborative working with all members of the MDT, including acute medical teams, site-specific CNS teams.
- Signposting and making appropriate referrals
- Lead on the service development of cancer CNS teams
- Present at breaking bad news as required
- Delivering and supporting patients when receiving life-altering / limiting news
- Demonstrate effective and compassionate enhanced communication skills
- Ensuring pathways for investigations and treatments are timely - managing and escalating as required any concerns that may impact the diagnostic and treatment target dates
- Working clinically autonomously to provide advice in response to unscheduled contacts from patients and professionals
- Reviewing current practice and working collaboratively to improve,
- Be an influential leader to all grades and disciplines of staff
- Promote effective teamwork
- Conduct audit - including design and data analysis
- Working in line with trust values and the NMC code of conduct
Please see JD and person spec for full details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Mentorship
- Experience in SACT/RT
- Experience in Acute Oncology
Desirable
- Oncology relevant course or modules
knowledge and skills
Essential
- Relevant experience at senior nurse level band 6 / 7
- Demonstrable enhanced communication skills
- MDT / cross-boundary working - at senior level
- Service development / improvement / change management experience inc audit and data analysis
- Demonstrates commitment to personal and professional development
- Leadership and mentorship experience
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate qualifications
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Mentorship
- Experience in SACT/RT
- Experience in Acute Oncology
Desirable
- Oncology relevant course or modules
knowledge and skills
Essential
- Relevant experience at senior nurse level band 6 / 7
- Demonstrable enhanced communication skills
- MDT / cross-boundary working - at senior level
- Service development / improvement / change management experience inc audit and data analysis
- Demonstrates commitment to personal and professional development
- Leadership and mentorship experience
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate qualifications
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
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).
