Job overview
We are recruiting for a Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients..
The CNS will be motivated, proactive and an excellent communicator who works well within a team, whilst also autonomously managing their own case load.
You will be responsible for the day to day delivery of lung cancer care services within the trust as agreed with the Lead Nurse, in accordance of the Trust and national guidance.
You will work with patients being investigated and having a confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer or Mesothelioma, ensuring that national targets are meet in the delivery of the care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will liaise with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team and ensure a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
You will be effective at communicating sensitive, condition-related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance. This includes highly complex information that needs to be conveyed to non-clinical people (e.g family).
The post holder will ensure the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.
You will maintain your own knowledge, competence and skills through regular clinical supervision, appraisal, personal development plans and appropriate training programmes.
You will also be expected to work in partnership with other professional, health and social care organisations, trade union and voluntary sector organisations to embed these principles.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered nurse education to Degree level or willingness to undertake
* Post registration qualification in speciality
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Teaching qualification
* Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
* Advanced clinical assessment
Desirable criteria
* Research Module Masters Degree
Previous experience
Essential criteria
* Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
* Accept personal accountability for own practice
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Experience of initiating change
* Understanding evidence-based practice
* Experience of Clinical Governance
* Understanding of patient pathways and it’s complexities and how to support patients through this
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleague’s needs
* Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
* Leadership skills
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time - management
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Ability to lead developments in practice
* Commitment to multi-disciplinary working
* Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
* Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Desirable criteria
* Advanced communication skills
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
* Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic situations
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust