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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Gynaecology Oncology Nurse Specialist

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Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Nurse who is passionate about improving care for women?

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Specialist to join our Gynaecology Oncology team at Colchester hospital.

Alongside our lead Nurse Specialist, you will ensure that an effective service is provided for patients admitted for Gynaecology Oncology surgery from pre-admission to outpatient follow up.

These are exciting times within this service and there is lots of scope for developing the service and reviewing clinics provided to improve the care women receive.

This is fixed term/secondment post until 28th December 2025 for 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

You will assist in maintaining, alongside the MDT, an effective, streamlined and efficient service for patients in the South Essex and East Suffolk area in collaboration with other members of the network tumour site group in line with National Cancer Standards and Improving Outcomes Guidance

You will provide a highly developed standard of specialist care, knowledge, advice, information and education underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and relevant others.

You will implement quality initiatives as part of the audit process to evaluate standards of care and service delivery within the nursing team and when appropriate the multidisciplinary team

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Details

Date posted

04 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

13 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1374-24

Job locations

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oProven post registration experience at Band 5 or above in oncology/palliative care/ surgical environment
  • oAbility to work independently and use initiative
  • oExperience of multi-professional working

Desirable

  • oCurrent/ recent experience of caring for patients with gynaecological disorders
  • oExperience of teaching

Qualifications

Essential

  • oCurrent registration on part 1 of the NMC register
  • oBSc(Hons) in related subject or undertaking a degree pathway
  • oEvidence of continued professional development
  • oEvidence of mentoring and coaching

Desirable

  • oSpecialist long course in gynaecological care at degree level or willing to undertake

Knowledge

Essential

  • oUnderstanding of cancer pathways
  • oEvidence of current research and development, and clinical effectiveness

Desirable

  • oEvidence of knowledge of Gynaecology Oncology referral pathways
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oProven post registration experience at Band 5 or above in oncology/palliative care/ surgical environment
  • oAbility to work independently and use initiative
  • oExperience of multi-professional working

Desirable

  • oCurrent/ recent experience of caring for patients with gynaecological disorders
  • oExperience of teaching

Qualifications

Essential

  • oCurrent registration on part 1 of the NMC register
  • oBSc(Hons) in related subject or undertaking a degree pathway
  • oEvidence of continued professional development
  • oEvidence of mentoring and coaching

Desirable

  • oSpecialist long course in gynaecological care at degree level or willing to undertake

Knowledge

Essential

  • oUnderstanding of cancer pathways
  • oEvidence of current research and development, and clinical effectiveness

Desirable

  • oEvidence of knowledge of Gynaecology Oncology referral pathways

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Gynaecology Oncology Nurse Specialist

Gina Moss

Gina.Moss@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

04 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

13 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1374-24

Job locations

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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