Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate, highly motivated individual who is passionate about being part of a team caring for children and families needing cancer treatment and support to join our team of Cancer Nurse Specialists. This role will co-ordinate and support the care of children, young people and their families across BWC.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Family Support Liaison Coordinator for Oncology is a patient facing role supporting all patients from the time of their diagnosis, throughout curative cancer treatment or their transition into palliative, end of life and bereavement care, ensuring the unique needs of the child and family come first. You will facilitate, empower, and enhance the patient experience through effective teamwork, working with the Cancer Nurse Specialist Team and the wider MDT. This is a unique role, which will require excellent communication skills, well developed organisational skills and an ability to be adaptive and flexible in your role to support the team, patients and families in all aspects of care delivery.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3/4 or diploma in recognised healthcare/ health service/ public sector working/ experience with and understanding and evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of working with children and families with a cancer diagnosis or life limiting diagnosis or experience in palliative and end of life care
Knowledge and nature of experience
Essential
- Previous experience working with children, young people or adults and have an understanding of care and compassion during cancer care
Desirable
- Previous experience working with children, young people or adults in cancer care, palliative care, end of life care or bereavement care
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Be able to escalate problems when required and report back to supervising registered practitioner
- Able to recognise limitations
- Able to carry out instructions with diligence and accuracy, reporting back as required
- Excellent verbal and listening communication skills
- Able to work well in a team, work reliably and safely under indirect supervision
- Be able to use initiative and common snese
- Must have high level of self-motivation and desire to succeed
- Able to organise own workload and use initiative and common sense
- Able to use email and access internet without instruction
Desirable
Personal skills/abilities and attributes
Essential
- Reliable, with a good work attendance record
- Friendly and approachable
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the trust
- Be able to work in a team
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- DBS clearance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3/4 or diploma in recognised healthcare/ health service/ public sector working/ experience with and understanding and evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of working with children and families with a cancer diagnosis or life limiting diagnosis or experience in palliative and end of life care
Knowledge and nature of experience
Essential
- Previous experience working with children, young people or adults and have an understanding of care and compassion during cancer care
Desirable
- Previous experience working with children, young people or adults in cancer care, palliative care, end of life care or bereavement care
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Be able to escalate problems when required and report back to supervising registered practitioner
- Able to recognise limitations
- Able to carry out instructions with diligence and accuracy, reporting back as required
- Excellent verbal and listening communication skills
- Able to work well in a team, work reliably and safely under indirect supervision
- Be able to use initiative and common snese
- Must have high level of self-motivation and desire to succeed
- Able to organise own workload and use initiative and common sense
- Able to use email and access internet without instruction
Desirable
Personal skills/abilities and attributes
Essential
- Reliable, with a good work attendance record
- Friendly and approachable
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the trust
- Be able to work in a team
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- DBS clearance
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Womens and Childrens Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
west midlands
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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