Band 7 Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist - Skin Oncology

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Skin Cancer CNS team in a full time (37.5hours), Band 7 Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist post. The role encompasses caring for patients throughout their skin cancer journey and will include supporting them through diagnosis, primary treatment and recurrence, and helping them with treatment decisions along the way. Whilst the post holder will work primarily within Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, we also work very closely with our Oncology colleagues when systemic treatment and palliative care are needed. Some of our patients come from the local area, with many being referred from other hospitals to be cared for by our Specialist team.

The CNS role involves providing support and information to patients; ensuring they are kept informed of changes and are seen at appropriate points in their pathway. It involves liaison with family members, and with a variety of care providers. The weekly multi-disciplinary meeting is an opportunity to put forward the patient's voice as well as an excellent learning environment.

The role is varied, demanding, yet satisfying. The ideal candidate would already be working at Band 6 or above, have relevant experience of working with skin cancer patients and be able to work independently to manage their caseload, yet still be part of the team. The ability to ask when unsure and to learn quickly is essential as this is a busy role with patients being seen within a large number of clinics.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Participate in nurse led and multidisciplinary clinics, ward rounds, patient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT). These may be face to face, virtual or telephone, and incorporate the use of agreed protocols clinical and professional guidelines.

Provide highly visible clinical presence across a variety of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery clinics and demonstrate expert knowledge and high standards of clinical practice. Provide support or advice to patients, staff, families and carers when necessary.

Provide a seamless, high quality service for patients from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients, their families and carers on pathway navigation.

Provide a specialist nursing service and advice in a variety of clinical settings and disciplines for staff, patients, their families and carers, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues.

Act as a point of contact for questions and concerns both during treatment and follow up, and also once discharged from our care.

Work autonomously, organise own workload and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and others.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register

Evidence of post registration CPD with professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent

Experience

Essential

Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse

Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality

Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level

Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence

Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality

Experience of teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting

Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

Experience of patient service user advocacy role

Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff

Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality

Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding

Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Debbie Williams 

Debbie.Williams@uhb.nhs.uk 

07772287709