Job summary
Are you an experienced and motivated cancer nurse looking for the next step in your career?
The Cancer Nursing Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Band 7 Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader to join our team.
In this pivotal role, you'll provide expert care and leadership within the skin cancer service, helping to shape high-quality, patient-centred care across the Trust. Based at York Hospital, the role also requires the flexibility to travel as part of your responsibilities.
If you're passionate about cancer care and ready to take on a leadership role within a supportive and forward-thinking team, we'd love to hear from you.
The role requires a registered nurse who can work autonomously within their scope of practice and of the job description and support the team to deliver safe effective care to our patients. Furthermore, the appointee must be equipped with excellent communication skills and the ability to work within a diverse multi-disciplinary group of clinicians, patients, and allied healthcare providers.
You must be self-motivated, enthusiastic, organised, computer literate and able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a commitment to continued personal development.
We would strongly encourage anyone interested in this exciting opportunity to contact us for further details. Please ring - Tracey Doherty - 01904 21822
We look forward to receiving your application!
Main duties of the job
About the Role
The principal role of the post holder is to work within a high-quality specialist service to meet the needs of the patient with a skin cancer. This will involve the continual development of patient pathways for the assessment, implementation and management of care for this patient group.
The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and information resources for multi-disciplinary staff, colleagues, patients and families. The post holder will support the physical, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual needs of the patient who has a diagnosis of a skin cancer.
The role will incorporate assessment of educational needs of staff and the formulation and delivery of programmes of education to multi-disciplinary team members. The post holder will inform needs for service development and will initiate and implement service development and delivery. The role will provide a key link within the Cancer Alliance, enhancing communication and continuity of care between the cancer unit and the centre.
About us
To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY and remote interviews will not be offered.
Validity of the NMC pin will be checked at shortlisting and inaccuracies may mean we are unable to progress your application further.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY and remote interviews will not be offered.
Validity of the NMC pin will be checked at shortlisting and inaccuracies may mean we are unable to progress your application further.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 or equivalent, within a skin specialty
- Experience of undertaking Audit and Standard setting
- Experience of supervising staff.
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge relevant to field of practice - skin
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- Evidence of continued professional development
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Level 1) - adult with NMC PIN number
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification.
- Post registration qualification in a skin specialty.
Desirable
- First level degree
- Extended prescribing
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 or equivalent, within a skin specialty
- Experience of undertaking Audit and Standard setting
- Experience of supervising staff.
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge relevant to field of practice - skin
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- Evidence of continued professional development
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Level 1) - adult with NMC PIN number
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification.
- Post registration qualification in a skin specialty.
Desirable
- First level degree
- Extended prescribing
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
