Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (as per rota)
- Job ref
- 251-MED7859RESP-A
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Winchester
- Town
- Winchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Lung Cancer CNS - Band 6
Band 6
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic nurse with a passion for cancer to join our lung cancer CNS teamÌý
The successful candidateÌý will act as a specialist resource to facilitate and co-ordinate the holistic care of patients with lung cancer in the Trust and to provide a high standard service.ÌýÌý
The Band 6 role is a key supporting function to the wider team to enable the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust.Ìý The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important role within the organisation.
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Main duties of the job
- To ensure the lung cancer patient journey is patient centred, evidence based with excellent communication between all those involved.
- Where necessary, or when requested, to act as the patient advocate.
- To provide individualised, written and verbal, support & advice around referral to lung cancer clinic, and pre-diagnosis investigations.
- To provide individualised, written and verbal, support and information to patients, their families and carers before, and following, a diagnosis of lung cancer or mesothelioma including the utilisation of an Holistic Needs Assessment.
- To support patients during consideration of treatment options.
- To track the patient’s progress along the cancer journey across all areas of healthcare, acting as a liaison between healthcare professionals.
Working for our organisation
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing patients, visitors and staff with high quality services in a safe environment. ÌýPatient care is at the heart of what we do. ÌýHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide some specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.Ìý
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides one service from multiple locations including our own three hospitals.Ìý Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH) and Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) both provide a full range of planned and emergency services including accident and emergency, general and specialist surgery, general medicine, intensive care, rehabilitation, chemotherapy, diagnostic services, maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, paediatric care and outpatient clinics. Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) provides community and hospital services including a minor injuries unit, outpatient clinics, diagnostic imaging, day surgery, rehabilitation and maternity services
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse/ current NMC registration
- • Mentorship/ teaching qualification
- • Diploma or degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
Desirable criteria
- • Additional post graduate learning in specialist field
- • Advanced communication skills training
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Post registration experience of caring for patients with respiratory, oncology or palliative conditions
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of audit, research and quality improvement
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise and negotiate effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information to manage any barriers to information
- • Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable criteria
- • Specialised clinical skills across the relevant speciality - respiratory/oncology/palliative conditions
Other specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Move between hospital sites
- • Keen to learn and take on opportunities for personal and departmental development
- • Professionally presented and calm approach
- • Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Sadowski
- Job title
- Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01962863535
- Additional information
Katy Sadowski, Lung Cancer CNS
01962863535 ext 25451
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Medicine Division
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