Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 p.a inc. HCA |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6217246/196-NM11493 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated CNS to join our dynamic and friendly Breast care specialist nursing team based at Guys Hospital at London Bridge. The role will include the support of women diagnosed with breast cancer, and nurse led follow up
We are looking for an experienced nurse who has an interest in developing their CNS skills or extending their current portfolio of skills and abilities You need to be able to prioritise your workload and assist us in meeting NHS Cancer waiting time and network targets whilst keeping patient experience at the heart of the cancer journey.
Closing Date: 1st May 2024
Interview Date: 9th May 2024
The Breast care CNS is responsible for the specialist nursing care of patients with Breast cancer.
The successful candidate will have experience in supporting patients to live with and beyond cancer and will lead on holistic needs assessments and all aspects of personalised care for this patient group. The team run a variety of nurse led services including pre treatment information sessions, and nurse led follow up after treatment.
All enquiries are very welcome in order to prepare you to do your best at interview.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
-Support at diagnosis
-Holistic needs assessment and planning
-Information provision including telephone and face to face support
-Nurse led follow up
-Support during and after treatment and side effect management
Please see attached Job description for full details
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024