Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join the new Faculty of Education, Nursing, Midwifery and AHP.
We are excited to share this opportunity within the new faculty team. The post holder will be responsible for developing and delivering a cancer nursing workforce review.
The review will include:
1. An evaluation of cancer nursing career pathways, skill mix and capacity and demand requirements across the tumour site and oncology pathways.
2. Recommendations for pathway/workforce redesign to support a more sustainable approach to cancer nursing, including the recruitment and retention of the cancer nursing workforce, in alignment with the national ACCEND programme, the wider trust and system nursing strategies and national/regional guidance.
3. A training/education needs analysis for the support of these roles, aligned to the competency framework being developed by the national ACCEND programme.
4. Collaborative working with senior nursing/workforce colleagues to identify, design and increase the number of clinical placements for TNAs/student nurses/HCAs in cancer nursing and the supervising assessor capacity to support these.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide
5. Change leadership and service redesign expertise to support the design of the review and implementation of the recommendations from this review.
6. Facilitated coaching support for the cancer nursing community to raise awareness of the opportunities of providing more personalised care for people affected by cancer and for career development/advanced practice
7. Use specialist knowledge and experience of best practice in service improvement and project planning
8. Review clinical incidents or complaints relating to the impact of cancer nursing services on the care of patients to inform the workforce recommendations.
9. Identify the need for service development to improve clinical effectiveness and efficiency of cancer nursing.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full details about this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
10. Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register or clinical professional registered with the HCPC
11. Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent and maintains regular updates
12. Degree in relevant field
13. Evidence of ongoing professional development and post registration studies in a clinical portfolio
Desirable
14. Leadership Qualification/ Module
15. Post- graduate certificate in Education or equivalent
16. Master's degree or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
17. Registered Nurse with extensive post-registration experience
18. Experience of project/ change management to improve and implement service redesign
19. The ability to discuss and critically review government targets and the strategies in place to meet them
Desirable
20. Experience of leading a team
21. Experience of formal teaching programmes
22. Experience of policies and guideline development
Skills abilities and knowledge
Essential
23. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
24. Knowledge of up-to-date issues in Oncology and Haematology cancer care and the NHS
25. Experience of implementing change
26. Presentation skills
Aptitude
Essential
27. Effective role model, demonstrating QEH values of kindness, wellness and fairness
28. Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion