The lung cancer service saves lives and improves the health of our local populations through early identification of cancer and promoting smoking cessation. Eligible asymptomatic participants between the ages of 55 to 74 with a smoking history are invited to attend our mobile CT unit for a lung health check.
Your role will be to tackle inequalities by promoting engagement in the programme, particularly amongst 'hard to reach' groups, and then support participants through their lung cancer screening journey. For some, this will lead to cancer diagnosis. Early detection using low-dose CT scans with artificial intelligence to enhance image analysis can significantly improve 5-year survival rates from around 15% to around 85%. Incidental findings of raised cardiovascular risk will enable early intervention to help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
The primary purpose of the lung cancer screening programme is to enable early detection of lung cancer to save lives. The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and care to patients and their carers, supporting colleagues in managing patients requiring high levels of judgement, discretion, and decision-making within inpatient or outpatient settings. They will also provide education and training to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
As this is a mobile service, the post holder is expected to travel to various locations, including Unipart House where office space is available. There is a hybrid working arrangement, with some work from home as the service requires.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing specialist nursing advice
2. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
3. Providing nurse-led clinics
4. Offering health promotion and smoking cessation advice
5. Formulating individualised care pathways with patients and carers
6. Promoting engagement with the service
7. Engaging in audit and information collection
General duties:
1. Undertaking comprehensive healthcare needs assessments
2. Planning, prioritising, implementing, and evaluating nursing interventions
3. Contributing to multidisciplinary, patient-centred care
4. Facilitating active patient and carer involvement in care
5. Recognising and responding to emergencies in their specialty
6. Interpreting information and leading appropriate actions
7. Practising sensitivity to patients from diverse backgrounds
8. Communicating with clinicians as necessary
9. Supporting the work of colleagues in the multidisciplinary team
10. Planning nursing activities to meet standards at local, trust, or national levels
11. Ensuring medication administration complies with trust policies
12. Completing mandatory training and maintaining professional registration
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of clinical services and serving as a base for medical education, training, and research. The trust comprises four hospitals: John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital. Our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence underpin the quality of care we provide and our professional relationships.
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