Specialist Support Nurse - NSSP/CUP

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Specialist Support Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our Non Site Specific Pathway and Cancer of Unknow Primary Team to cover a period of maternity leave.

The role involves working with the NSSP/CUP Clinical Nurse Specialist triaging referrals, initial telephone assessments and managing the pathway for these patients alongside clinical colleagues to ensure that people with vague symptoms that could suggest a cancer are diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.

It also involves supporting those patients who are diagnosed with a cancer of unknown primary. This involves liaison with and community teams alongside MDT working.

This is either a fixed term or secondment opportunity which will build on your current skills and knowledge.

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

Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist skills.

Provide advice and clinical expertise to staff.

Provide specialist clinical advice for patients and carers.

Carry a caseload, and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.

Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.

Develop the skills of generalist nurses to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.

Provide a high level of communication by:

Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team.

Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance.

Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.

Support the implementation of research and audit findings.

Co-coordinate/assist in the dissemination of research and development activity internally and externally.

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

Lister Hospital

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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

Lister Hospital

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

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

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