Macmillan Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Part time 30 hours per week, permanent post.
The successful candidate, in partnership with the other existing post holders, will have a key leadership specialist role at a senior level to support the organisation in the delivery of breast cancer care for patients and their families.
The post holder will be keen to face challenges, be well organised and enthusiastic in participating with service development through audit and peer review. Helping to drive and sustain new initiatives to meet local and national standards, as well as ensuring care meets our own Trust values.
Main duties of the job
You will play a fundamental role in leading collaboratively on the development and effective delivery of a specialist breast cancer nursing service to reflect the evolving health care agenda developing and maintaining robust working relationships across primary, secondary and tertiary care to ensure a coordinated patient pathway.
As a Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist you will provide ongoing support to patients through diagnostics and treatment of breast cancer
About us
We have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced Breast Care nurse to join our existing skilled nursing team within a comprehensive Breast MDT offering a range of surgical and oncological treatments for patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
Job responsibilities
The Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist will be responsible for the provision and development of a high quality, cost effective specialist Breast Care nursing service that meets the needs of patients in accordance with national and local policies and initiatives.
Assess, treat and review patients with a diagnosis of Breast cancer providing appropriate disease related highly specialist advice, information and support and promote health education.
The post holder will be expected to carry out specialist nursing and clinical procedures and refer patients appropriately and timely to other service providers.
Act as a link between primary, secondary and tertiary care, assist in the development and delivery of staff education programmes, ongoing advice and clinical supervision to other health professionals.
Accept referrals from other health care professionals; work unsupervised and manage their own clinics.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* First level Registered Nurse
* First level Degree in Nursing/Health subject
* Evidence of CPD
* Teaching qualification
* Level 2 psychological training
* Non medical prescribing or willingness to work toward
* MSc level learning
* Leadership/Management Qualification
* clinical exam skills
Experience
* Experience at band 6
* Breast cancer experience
* Audit and research
* Nurse led clinics
* Across organisational boundaries
Skills
* IT literate
* Advanced communications skills
* Leadership and motivational skills
* Implementing change
* Dealing with complaints
Knowledge
* Upto date with breast cancer care
* Governance awareness
* Quality Improvement
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.
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata
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