We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the paediatric nursing team here at Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) as a Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
You will be part of an established CNS team who provide specialist support, education, teaching and advice to patients, families and staff, both within the Primary Treatment Centre (PTC) here at CUH and throughout the East of England, including shared care hospitals. This role will also be part of a service that has expanded in order to offer a Bone Marrow Transplantation Service for Paediatrics here at CUH.
Your role will act as a key worker, ensuring smooth co-ordination of the child's cancer journey throughout the whole treatment trajectory and beyond. Your involvement with the child and all members of the team involved in the care pathway, will start at diagnosis and continue throughout the treatment period into follow up or transfer to other professional care teams if required.
Applicants are encouraged to make contact for further information regarding this role.
The post holder needs to have extensive knowledge and experience of working within the field of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, at a senior nursing level and can understand and interpret protocols required for the child's treatment. Furthermore, you must be able to work independently and manage a defined caseload of patients. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to be able to work collaboratively with many members of the multidisciplinary team.
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
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