Job overview
The Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke is a tertiary referral centre where patients with peritoneal malignancy can be treated with
cytoreduction and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC). The service is based at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the
Basingstoke site. The Peritoneal Malignancy Institute is one of the highest volume international centres and one of only two centres in England providing treatment for Pseudomyxoma peritonei. The service therefore provides advice and treatment for patients across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
As a member of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team you will develop strong relationships with your patients and their carers, offering high level care
and expert advice to support them through their diagnosis, treatment and recovery. You will have a key role within the MDT, coordinating the
patient pathway, providing specialist input into the MDT and new referral meetings and acting as a keyworker for patients. You will develop skills to
enable you to provide expert advice to local teams offering support, information and advice to enhance collaborative working on a national basis.
Please note - This is a 3 day week post and must include Wednesday and Friday working days.
Main duties of the job
·Assess and treat own caseload of patients, managing the pathway from referral onwards
·Deliver education within the organisation and to external agencies as required
·Liaise with local referral centres to maintain the patient pathway
·Assist with the development and review of peritoneal malignancy information leaflets
·Ensure national cancer strategies are recognised and instigated appropriately
·Develop the post holders’ network of peer support, nationally and internationally, to support best patient care
·Support the organisation, promotion and delivery of the annual patient wellbeing event
·Review SOP’s, policies and procedures applicable to the peritoneal malignancy CNS service
·Undertake nurse-led telephone assessments for patients following CRS and HIPEC
·Manage own caseload of patients within the care pathway and advocate for patients in a keyworker role
·Lead on the highly complex patient assessment, where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
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.
We provide 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.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search or .
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 and qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
2. Post registration qualifications in field of expertise or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
3. Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
Desirable criteria
4. Leadership and management qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
5. Advanced communication skills training
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
6. Evidence of continued professional development clearly recorded for professional profile
7. Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience to degree level
Desirable criteria
8. Evidence of implementing a change to promote good practice
9. Experience of working within cancer care
Skills and ability
Essential criteria
10. Evidence of clinical skills across the relevant speciality
11. Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team across an organisation
Desirable criteria
12. Advanced communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information