Overview
This is a 12 month fixed term contract/secondment and you will be working with, and supported by an established Lung CNS team. You will work closely and be supported with a dedicated lung cancer MDT. The Lung CNS provides advice, social and emotional support and information to patients and their loved ones throughout their pathway, following the patient through diagnostics, treatment and palliative care. The Lung CNS will also be supporting a new cancer screening service, providing faster assessment of patients referred with suspected lung cancer to Queens Hospital Burton.
Responsibilities
* Work closely with the Lung CNS team and be supported by a dedicated lung cancer MDT.
* Provide advice, social and emotional support and information to patients and their loved ones throughout their pathway.
* Follow patients through diagnostics, treatment and palliative care.
* Support a new cancer screening service, providing faster assessment of patients referred with suspected lung cancer to Queens Hospital Burton.
Requirements
* Experience of working within respiratory or oncology.
* Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Organisation and values
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
Benefits
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* Ongoing support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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