Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist, Band 7

Job description

Job responsibilities

Expert Clinical Practice/Leadership

1. To provide expert nursing advice to patients with suspected colorectal disease over the phone or face to face where necessary.
2. To demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice.
3. To liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and support of individual patients including GPs.
4. To maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals.
5. To facilitate individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice.
6. To act as a liaison nurse between investigations until patient is diagnosed with cancer or referred back to GP.
7. To hold a nurse led clinic, including the development of written protocols based on national standards, triaging or following up suspected colorectal patients (benign and cancer), arranging investigations, reviewing results, diagnosing and referring back to a medical team as appropriate.
8. To refer patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer for on-going support.
9. To work in close collaboration with all members of the MDT.
10. To provide professional clinical leadership and expertise to other nursing staff.
11. To work as part of the Colorectal Clinical Nurse specialist wider team, rotating responsibilities to ensure cover of the entire patient pathway including post diagnostic care and support.

Education/Leadership

1. To promote patient/carer independence through the provision of relevant teaching and support.
2. To participate in and organise study days/education programmes.
3. To develop resource and teaching packs for use by patients and/or staff in the clinical and educational setting.
4. To embed patient and public involvement within the sphere of practice, seeking and acting on patient feedback of the triage assessment service.
5. To ensure the provision of appropriate written information is available to patients and staff.
6. To participate in the Trusts on-going educational programmes.
7. To liaise with other organisations, charities and agencies dedicated to colorectal cancer.

Research/Audit/Quality

1. To utilise up-to-date research findings in the delivery of patient care and to disseminate this knowledge to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
2. To participate as appropriate in relevant research studies and audit findings and disseminate these findings to clinical practice as appropriate in order to develop best practice.
3. To identify opportunities for nursing research within own specialist area and carry out nursing research appropriate to the speciality.
4. To regularly audit service including eliciting the views of patients, carers and professionals ensuring patient feedback is incorporated into developments in the service.
5. To attend relevant departmental and Directorate and network meetings relating to clinical governance and to contribute to the clinical governance agenda.

Management

1. To liaise with other members of the team to ensure that there is an efficient use of resources (human, financial and time).
2. To ensure that there is a safe and acceptable environment for clients/patient.
3. To act as a patient/staff advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.

Personal Development

1. Demonstrate continuous evaluation and reflection of own practice and make changes where appropriate

1. Take personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through clinical supervision, appraisals and appropriate professional and Trust standards / frameworks for skills and behaviours.
2. Be accountable for own training and development needs, including compliance with Trust mandatory and statutory training requirements.
3. Actively engage and identify opportunities for own learning and development, including accredited training.
4. Ensure compliance with best practice and NICE guidance in relation to patient pathways and support junior colleagues in achieving compliance.
5. Promote patient participation in decision making and enable their informed choice of appointments in line with trust booking policy.
6. Undertake other duties as appropriate to the grade at the request of the line manager and / or Trust that may be required from time to time.
7. Participate in annual reviews of the role and JD and modify as required to meet the evolving nature of the post.

Collaboration/Consultancy

1. To work in a collaborative manner with all members of the multidisciplinary team recognising the unique contribution of other disciplines and appropriately referring.
2. To recognise own limitations and seek advice and support on referrals.
3. To act as a resource within the Trust and to participate in Trust-wide professional groups as appropriate.
4. To represent the Trust locally and nationally, participating in and speaking at conferences.
5. To work in a collaborative manner with local primary care teams.
6. To act as a resource to primary care teams, attending meetings organised by the PCT as appropriate.
7. To provide specialist advice and support related to the purchasing and commissioning of resources/services.
8. To act in an advisory / collaborative role with senior management in issues relation to the specialty.
9. To act as a specialist resource for the management of patients.

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Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Degree level education
• Post registration education in relevant speciality.

Desirable

• Masters degree
• Advanced assessment skills
• Advanced communication skills course or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with patients with colorectal disease
• Multidisciplinary Team working.
• Autonomous working and experience in developing working relationships and networks.
• oExperience of working with electronic patient records and other IT systems.
• oAudit

Desirable

• Experience of colorectal/gastric surgery.
• Work at band 7 level or equivalent
• Experience of running Nurse led clinics
• experience working in colorectal, general surgery units
• Experience of working with the personalised care program (recovery package)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to demonstrate initiative.
• oExcellent communication skills.
• oIT literate
• oAbility to plan and prioritise own and others workload.
• oEvidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Knowledge/Experience of clinical supervision
• Knowledge of change management theory.
• Research/audit skills.

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

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cross Site

Fulham Road Chelsea and Isleworth

London

SW10 9NH

Employer's website

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