Employer: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Employer type: NHS. Site: Luton Town Luton. Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 pa, pro rata. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 03/11/2025 23:59
Skin Cancer Support Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity exists to join the Skin Team as Band 6 - Support Nurse. We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated nurse to join this busy service. The nurse will have the opportunity to gain experience and knowledge of skin cancer management in secondary care and develop key CNS skills in an environment supported by an experienced nursing team.
Main duties of the job
To support the current Skin Clinical Nurse Specialist in providing supportive care for patients with skin cancers, their relatives and carers from diagnosis, throughout treatment, survivorship pathways and metastatic disease.
* To provide a holistic, patient-focused service delivering evidence based information and advice to patients with skin cancers, supporting them and their families throughout diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.
* To act as ‘key-worker’ and patient advocate within the multi-disciplinary team, coordinating individual patients care; promoting continuity through the treatment modalities, and to provide patients with a primary point of contact for information and advice.
* To provide this specialist clinically based service in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the band 7 CNS nurse in developing and monitoring service provision in line with National Guidance and evidence based practice.
Key responsibilities
To support the current Skin Clinical Nurse Specialist in providing supportive care for patients with skin cancers, their relatives and carers from diagnosis, throughout treatment, survivorship pathways and metastatic disease.
* To provide a holistic, patient-focused service delivering evidence based information and advice to patients with skin cancers, supporting them and their families throughout diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Ensure that a high personal profile is maintained with staff and patients and contribute personally to the delivery of direct patient care.
2. Assist in the assessment of the holistic needs assessment of patients and their families and provide the appropriate level of intervention either as direct or indirect care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
3. Assess people’s information needs and provide relevant information as appropriate to meet those needs.
4. Work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary cancer services team to ensure seamless services are provided for patients and their families/ carers.
5. To attend and be a core member of skin MDT meeting in accordance the national guidance.
6. Assist with patient and carer communication issues, and coordinate the patient pathway for skin cancer patients referred to the team.
7. To manage own workload in collaboration with the Clinical Nurse Specialist across a wide range of specialist activities which includes planning throughout the patient pathway, and directly liaising with other healthcare professionals and agencies.
Person specification
Experience
* Registered Nurse (NMC), Mentorship or teaching qualification, Able to evidence recent and continuing Professional Development relevant to cancer care.
* Degree in related speciality or working towards, Advanced communications skills, IRMER Qualified.
* Substantial clinical experience within acute hospital setting, Experience of working collaboratively across professions, organisations and services, Experience of teaching staff/ patients/relatives within the working environment, Experience within the speciality of skin cancer and/or oncology.
* Participation in service development and implementation, Experience of managing a patient caseload.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, Demonstrates knowledge of oncology, skin cancer and research within the specialist field, Demonstrate knowledge and application of Clinical Governance, Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical audit and research, Knowledge of NHS IT Systems.
* Demonstrate having research in practice.
It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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