Band 6 Breast Care Nurse

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced individual to join this well-established specialist breast care nursing service at University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust. The post will be primarily based at Solihull Hospital but there will be opportunities for cross site working. The post is full time, but part time/job share can be considered. Secondments may be considered if the applicant is new to the area of work.

The post holder will work with the team delivering an expert specialist service to patients diagnosed with breast cancer at all stages of diagnosis and treatment in a kind compassionate manner. With a commitment to the delivery of a high-quality holistic patient care you will play an active part in clinical practice, management of patient caseload, education, research, audit and professional activities relating to breast cancer care.

The Breast team is committed to developing services to enhance the delivery of patient care and patient experience and you will be keen to be pro-active in service developments.

The role involves working in both Surgical, Screening and Oncology clinical settings and helping to coordinate the patients' pathway. These posts will suit someone with excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to foster effective working relationships.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This post will involve working as a key worker to cancer patients within a team of specialist nurses so it is essential that you have;

* At least 2 years current experience at Band 5 or above in an area related to breast cancer .

* 1st Level Related Degree or working towards

* Good communication skills

* Ability to work as a key worker and as part of a team

* Willingness to undertake additional training such as the Breast Care Nursing Course and advanced communication skills training.

We can offer you a supportive, friendly and varied working environment with the opportunity for personal and professional development. Successful applicants will need to work on both Solihull, Good Hope and QEHB sites to gain a wide range of experiences.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Jane Steven Lead Breast CNS on 0121 371 4499 or Amy Lyth CNS on 0121 424 5306

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register.

* To have or working towards a related BSc qualification

Desirable

* To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role

* Advanced communication skills training (ACST)

* Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7

* Recognised mentorship course

* Breast Care Nursing Course ( A11 or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

* Significant years post registration experience and at least 12 months at B6 or above in defined 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

* Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

* Experience of patient service user advocacy role

Desirable

* Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator

* Experience in service development

* Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting

Additional Criteria

Essential

* Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload

* Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.

* Ability to work autonomously , manage / prioritise own workload , supervise / appraise and asses junior staff

* Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.

* Ability to work within the NHS Breast Screening Programme framework/ requirements

* Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities

* Ability to, undertake clinical audit , analyse information and develop robust measureable action plans to support improvement / change

* Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication

* Knowledge of current evidence based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development

* Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge and experience within the specialty - 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

Desirable

* Ability to work within a team of specialist nurses and to lead on initiatives for the service. 

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: 

Jane Steven 

jane.steven@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213714499