Primary Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,753 - £52,067 Per annum inc. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Windsor, SL4 3DP |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6242233/151-DV026-J |
Summary
The Frimley Health Breast CNS team are delighted to invite applications to join our team as a Band 7 Primary Breast CNS, working within a supportive and well-established team. The vacancy is offered on a full-time basis, for a fixed term of 2 years, funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
The role will be primarily based at The Parapet, Windsor, with a cross-site overview. In addition to supporting the established Breast CNS team at the Parapet, the post holder will take the lead in driving forward the Trust’s established cross-site Supported-Self-Management-Pathway (SSMP) service. This service is provided for patients who have completed their active treatment and are on annual surveillance.
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate individual, with previous experience in breast cancer care, who will act as patient advocate and key worker, as well as a core member of the Breast MDT.
There will be an opportunity to work with the Macmillan Information and Support Service to develop Health and Well-Being Days and other exciting initiatives. Administrative support will also be provided.
We are looking for an innovative nurse who is highly motivated to improve practice for breast cancer . The post-holder will act as a Keyworker for patients diagnosed with breast cancer providing a link between patients and health care professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care and act as an advocate and ongoing support for patients/families.
The post-holder will continually support and develop and evaluate the Breast Cancer service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The successful applicant will develop and deliver a comprehensive nurse-led service that is holistic in its approach, evidence based and meets the individual needs of breast cancer patients. The post requires the ability to work autonomously within a well-established cohesive nursing team.
The post-holder will ensure their role reflects the core components of the clinical nurse specialist which includes: clinical practice, management, education, research and audit, taking into account the national cancer agenda and its impact on service delivery. They will also co-ordinate care by providing a point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people who have completed treatment who are identified as having urgent or specialist needs.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
For further information regarding this role, please refer to the attached job description/person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024
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