The Macmillan Acute Oncology Nursing Service is now a well established service within Hywel Dda University Health Board.
We are looking for a motivated Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the current team, providing excellent clinical skills and experience to review patients admitted with either complications of anti cancer treatment, complications of malignancy or new diagnosis of malignancy during an emergency admission.
The base of this role will be Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen. However, the post will require the successful applicant to work flexibly across all three sites in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (Withybush General Hospital, Glangwili General Hospital and Prince Philip Hospital).
The post holder will also occasionally work on the oncology and haematology SACT cancer treatment triage line.
Job Responsibilities
The post holder will be a key member of the Health Board with an opportunity to demonstrate leadership, innovation, negotiation and teaching. The post holder will have the ability to work under pressure, be keen to face challenges, be well organised and enthusiastic, possess good IT skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work as an effective member of a Multidisciplinary Team.
The purpose of this role is to provide specialist nursing advice, guidance, support and leadership.
Work autonomously and manage own workload.
Provide specialist education and training to Staff.
The focus of this role will be to support the care of inpatients, requiring specialist oncology advice during an acute admission to hospital.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism, thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Qualifications & Knowledge
* Registered Nurse (Part 1)
* Current NMC registration
* Expert level of knowledge in clinical speciality
* Knowledge of service improvement
* Able to undertake a literature search and critically appraise research papers
* Teaching qualification
* Advanced clinical skills
* Non medical prescribing (v300)
Experience
* Experience in the relevant specialty
* Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
* Experience of managing a ward/area/department
* Experience of working with pre registration nursing/midwifery students in a mentorship role
* Experience of undertaking audit
* Experience of participating in research
* Welsh speaker (Level 1)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£50,129 to £57,365 a year, pro rata
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