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Band 6 Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 05 June 2026
Develop individual competence and knowledge which will support the provision and evaluation of seamless specialist nursing services, ensuring patients receive the highest standards of clinical care. You will develop specialist knowledge and skills, demonstrated through the provision of advice /education and support to staff, patients, families and carers. You will be supported by a more experienced nurse or nurses to enable you to achieve competence in agreed areas of specialist practice through exposure, training and education.
Responsible for on-going development and training of the policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. You are accountable for safe, effective clinical practice working as part of a defined team, supporting team performance, ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources, and will also provide / deliver a range of educational and training packages to health care staff and patients.
Based within a site or service or may be community based and work in a range of practice settings across health and care providers. Additionally, you may be required to practice in premises/ settings outside of NHS care providers as part of their role and travel to and from a range of practice settings across an agreed locality this may include secure units / prisons and other regulated settings where patients may reside.
Main duties of the job
*Provide treatment/advice as per speciality and scope of practice. This may be face to face, virtual or telephone, and incorporate the use of agreed protocols, clinical and professional guidelines, within an acute secondary healthcare facility or in a primary/community or home care setting
*Carry out specialist clinical practice within a designated group of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ensure that high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions with patients and is aligned to professional values of care, compassion and respect
*Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required
*Demonstrate safe, appropriate practice and specialist nursing advice using up to date knowledge and evidence. Make person centred, evidence-based judgements in partnership with others involved in the care process ensuring high quality care
*Continuously assess communication, educational and information needs for patients and their families, devise plans to ensure needs are met, ensure instructions/information are understood
*Use professional judgment to act as advocate for patients, support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions
*Recognise and act to avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients
*Work towards safe, timely discharge/transfer of care of patients from or between hospital and services
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
* Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
* Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
* Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
* In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
* Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
* Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
* Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Additional Criteria
* Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
* Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
* Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
* Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
* Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
* Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
* Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
* Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
* Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
* Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
* Ability to contribute to service development
* Acts to support and enable teamwork.
* Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous 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.
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