AOS Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Acute Oncology Service (AOS) Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Acute Oncology Service (AOS) at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC). The successful candidate will demonstrate extensive oncology knowledge and experience to deliver responsive, high quality, patient centred care. Incorporating the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role of expert clinician and educator you will provide advice and support to patients experience acute symptoms of their cancer and/or treatment. This will include holding the 24-hr/7-day week telephone triage and a being part of the 5-day week face-to-face service. Supporting the lead acute clinical nurse specialist and working collaboratively with the AOS team, advanced clinical practitioners and the multi-disciplinary team the post holder will be a role model driven to improve patient pathways and experience focusing on efficiency and safe discharge. With an understanding of quality and clinical governance the post holder will ensure that high standards are achieved and maintained and that the role of audit, feedback and change is implemented and sustained.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To be a core member of the daily AOS service including the 24-hour telephone triage, providing high quality advice for patients experiencing complications of their cancer treatments and supporting self-care and appropriate referral of care.

To work as a clinical expert, excellent communicator and promote collaboration with the MDT.

To support the ACP in the assessment of patient nursing needs, carry out investigations and deliver treatments, ensuring safe management and appropriate referral or discharge.

Manage and escalate medical emergencies appropriately. As a bleep holder, to be a member of the emergency response team for MVCC

Supporting the Lead AOS CNS identify and develop integrated patient pathways that support the early identification of need, access to treatment and early discharge

To be competent in the administration of cytotoxic chemotherapy and provide specialist oncology and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals.

Promote a nursing culture that supports meeting the physiological, psychological, social and cultural needs of patients with cancer.

Demonstrate compassionate and kind leadership and support staff during and after challenging experiences including debriefs and clinical supervision.

Contribute to building an effective, cohesive and dynamic team, encouraging an open, supportive and empathetic working culture

Foster a learning environment within the clinical area and teams

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

Rickmansworth Rd

Northwood

HA6 2RN

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

Rickmansworth Rd

Northwood

HA6 2RN

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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