The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will demonstrate practice in both direct patient care and have the ability to support and develop services. Through the key skills of leadership, innovation and clinical expertise the CNS will facilitate and deliver patient‑centred care, which is efficient and effective. To be a Key Worker for their caseload ensuring everyone receives a high standard of personalised care, working to coordinate care and provide easy access to services and ongoing physical and emotional support for patients, their carers and families.
Key Responsibilities
* Serve as a patient advocate within the site‑specific Multi‑disciplinary Team (MDT).
* Act as a Key Worker for their caseload ensuring everyone receives a high standard of personalised care, coordinating care and providing easy access to services and ongoing physical and emotional support for patients, their carers and families.
* Deliver Nurse‑Led Clinics utilising Holistic Needs assessment.
* Establish working relationships and communication links between primary, secondary, tertiary and independent care providers to improve care for patients and provide specialist clinical expertise, advice and support when required.
* Ensure that professionals adhere to the implementation and monitoring of relevant clinical guidelines, policies and procedures within their scope of practice and speciality.
* Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills to differentiate between normal, variations of normal and abnormal findings, taking appropriate action and enabling fast‑track assessment if required or expediting further action.
* Identify needs through holistic needs assessment and co‑create a care and support plan with people living with cancer.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and "Proud to Lead" competence framework.
Enjoy working with engaged leadership at all levels. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
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