Band 7 - Colorectal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cancer Services

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Band 7 - Colorectal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cancer Services Band 7

Main area: Cancer Services

Grade: Band 7

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment)

Hours: 31.5 hours per week

• Part time
• Flexible working

Job ref: 360-B-6155-D

Department name: West Herts - General Staffing

Site: Watford General Hospital (Working across sites)

Salary: £48,270 - £54,931 pa pro rata inc. HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/04/:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated nurse to join our Colorectal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist team. You will work as part of a team of Colorectal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and will also work effectively as an autonomous practitioner. You will be a vital core member of the colorectal multidisciplinary team providing specialist advice and support to both patients and their families as well as other health care professionals. This post is 12 months fixed term.

We do encourage prospective applicants to contact the Trust prior to interview.

Main duties of the job

You will act as a key worker for patients with colorectal cancer throughout their cancer journey and undertake and further develop the risk stratified cancer follow up programme. You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have confidence in communicating with staff at all levels within the organisation as well as patients and families. Sound clinical reasoning skills are essential, and you will be able to prioritise your workload in order to meet competing demands.

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive.

We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance.

If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will influence patient care through clinical practice, clinical management, leadership, education, research and audit in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. This will include delivering the 'supportive care' requirements for patients with colorectal cancer as well as undertaking and developing the risk stratified cancer follow up programme. You will be required to support the identification of appropriate patients, the monitoring of these patients and ensuring that the surveillance scans and colonoscopies are booked at timely intervals and results are acted upon. Communication of complex and sensitive information is a core element of this role.

Person specification Education and qualifications

• Mentorship & Preceptorship or ENB998 or equivalent
• Proven track record of supervising and teaching staff members
• Degree in Nursing or equivalent / or working towards
• Good written and spoken English
• IT Skills
• Evidence of continued Professional Development
• Advanced communication skills

Knowledge

• Extensive current working and theoretical knowledge of surgical or oncology nursing
• Knowledge of Risk Stratification Pathways
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer
• Knowledge of the urgent suspected cancer pathway standards
• Knowledge and understanding of the National Cancer Agenda

Experience

• Senior Nurse experience in colorectal surgical nursing (Band 6 or above), oncology or palliative care
• Experience of research and implementation of new practices
• Experience of developing and writing integrated Care Pathways
• Experience in undertaking nurse led clinics

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of nearly 6,000 people, the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Name: Michelle Sorley

Job title: Macmillan Lead Nurse

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