Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 a motivated and organized person to join the Breast cancer team at the Royal Free. The postholders will work closely with the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and wider service to support and provide holistic care to patients with cancer and their carers. The successful candidates should have excellent communication skills. He/ she will liaise regularly with patients, carers, nurses, GPs and cancer support services, perform holistic needs assessments and refer patients to appropriate resources and agencies.
The successful candidates are required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
Main duties of the job
To provide general information and support about cancer and cancer services, to enable people to navigate the health and social care system and make choices that are best for their cancer and their life. A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with patients, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals. The information and nature of the communication required is sensitive due to the nature of cancer. Communication in this context requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty and integrity.
About us
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the delivery of personalised cancer care interventions to breast cancer patient, this will involve cross site working supporting the CNS team at the Royal Free Hampstead site and Chase Farm hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the delivery of personalised cancer care interventions to breast cancer patient, this will involve cross site working supporting the CNS team at the Royal Free Hampstead site and Chase Farm hospital.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE C or equivalent
- Foundation degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Completion of Assessor training
- Committed to own personal development and evidence of regular attendance at training days
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with patients in a hospital environment
- Previous experience of team work
Desirable
- Previous experience of customer care
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to perform area specific core clinical competencies
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Competent in clinical decision making and prioritising care for a defined group of patients
- Competent in taking baseline observations
- Confident and articulate when communicating with MDT
- Evidence of working effectively in a team
- Ability to problem solving and use initiative
- Evidence of professional development
- Ability to deal with potentially distressing situations
- Skilled in use of computer
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE C or equivalent
- Foundation degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Completion of Assessor training
- Committed to own personal development and evidence of regular attendance at training days
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with patients in a hospital environment
- Previous experience of team work
Desirable
- Previous experience of customer care
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to perform area specific core clinical competencies
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Competent in clinical decision making and prioritising care for a defined group of patients
- Competent in taking baseline observations
- Confident and articulate when communicating with MDT
- Evidence of working effectively in a team
- Ability to problem solving and use initiative
- Evidence of professional development
- Ability to deal with potentially distressing situations
- Skilled in use of computer
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.
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).
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.
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).
