South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Macmillan Neuro-Oncology Support Sister/Charge Nurse

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Job summary

37.5 Hours per week

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

This is a fixed term secondment and the contract will end 01st June 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivatednurse to join our highly skilled Macmillan Neuro-Oncology Specialist Nursing Team.

We are looking for individuals who have passion and drive to deliverhigh quality individualised patient care.Under the supervision of the Macmillan Neuro-Oncology Specialist Nurses, you will contribute to the provision of expert nursing carefor patients and their families with Brain and Central Nervous System (CNS) tumours, Base of Skull (BoS) tumours.

As a band 6 Support Sister/Charge Nurse you will be mentored and supported by the Macmillan neuro-oncology specialist nursing team and will carry a supervised caseload providing specialist nursing advice, information and support to patients with a Brain/CNS and BoS tumour at all stages of their disease, and, in particular whilst they are being cared for at South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust thus ensuring a smooth transition of care from primary surgery through to radiotherapy/chemotherapy and into the community, to discharge or death, thereby establishing links between the acute and primary care group.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a core member of the specialist Brain and CNS and Base of Skull Tumour MDT and will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will work across the Trust linking closely with other professionals in providing specialist nursing care and advice to patients and clinical colleagues. You will contribute to the provision of expert clinical practice, multi-professional education, clinical audit and service development. The post holder will have the opportunity to positively influence care for Brain and CNS/BoS patients and their families. Applicants will have significant post registration experience; they must have additional experience within cancer care, palliative care or neurosciences, they will have a relevant first degree or be working towards this.

This is a challenging and demanding role and requires a proactive, self-motivated, dedicated person who is capable of contributing to managing a highly complex care pathway across multiple agencies and services to ensure the highest quality of care and service delivery for all patients. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to manage your own workload, under supervision, and have problem solving skills. You will be an excellent team player but equally be able to work independently, under minimal supervision.

About us

The neuro-oncology service is a major regional specialist tertiary centre delivering safe, effective, high quality care to our patients.

This is a great opportunity to join our team and to be involved in the future of neuro-oncology care at The James Cook University Hospital.

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Details

Date posted

29 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-NSC-5587635

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC level 1 registration
  • Degree/Diploma in Nursing
  • Specialist qualification in cancer care/palliative care or neuroscience nursing or willing to undertake

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience.
  • Recent experience in cancer/palliative care or neurosciences.

Desirable

  • Experience in providing care for patients with brain tumours/BoS tumours or other long term neurological conditions

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Advanced interpersonal/communication skills including self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Ability to work as team player and independantly, under supervision

Desirable

  • In-depth level of knowledge of primary Brain and CNS/BoS tumour management and care of those undergoing neuro-oncology treatments
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC level 1 registration
  • Degree/Diploma in Nursing
  • Specialist qualification in cancer care/palliative care or neuroscience nursing or willing to undertake

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience.
  • Recent experience in cancer/palliative care or neurosciences.

Desirable

  • Experience in providing care for patients with brain tumours/BoS tumours or other long term neurological conditions

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Advanced interpersonal/communication skills including self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Ability to work as team player and independantly, under supervision

Desirable

  • In-depth level of knowledge of primary Brain and CNS/BoS tumour management and care of those undergoing neuro-oncology treatments

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate director of nursing

Helen Wilson

helen.wilson23@nhs.net

01642835855

Details

Date posted

29 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-NSC-5587635

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Supporting documents

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