Rapid Diagnostics Cancer Clinic Nurse Specialist | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 pa incl HCAS pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kingston, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6232793/396-6232793-MA-PB-Z |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to work withing the Rapid Diagnostic Team (RDC). The Rapid Diagnostics Clinic manages outpatients who are referred with non-specific symptoms to exclude or make a cancer diagnosis. The post holder will be an experienced nurse who can work within their professional boundaries to assess, make clinical decisions, communicate results to patients and manage a case load of patients with support. They will work collaboratively within the Rapid Diagnostics Team, Primary Care, Cancer Services and other services within the hospital.
This role will develop the post holder towards providing expert level cancer diagnostics and assessments, with the potential to support development into an ANP role.
The post holder will be a key member of the RDCC multidisciplinary team. They will be the main point of liaison between patients, local GPs, Same Day Emergency Care and other medical specialty teams including Gastroenterology, Haematology, Senior Health, and Surgical Teams.
The post holder will undertake vetting of referrals, assessment and examination with appropriate support of patients in clinic. You will be expected to request tests and investigations for patients as appropriate. Acting as keyworker, the CNS will co-ordinate the patient’s cancer pathway between hospital departments such as medicine and radiology with close support and input from the, RDCC ANP, RDCC GPwER and Lead Consultant. Together, with the Patient Navigator, they will act as the point of contact between the patient and the various specialty teams involved in the diagnostic process.
The post holder will be responsible for communicating results of investigations to patients and advising of further diagnostic procedures as required. The post holder will also work closely with the Patient Navigator and ANP to meet NHS England minimum data set requirements and the cancer alliance KPI’s, as well as actively contributing to the on-going development of the pathway and the collection of data related to the project. In due course the post holder will be encouraged to help collate and present the data at local and national meetings.
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
-Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.
-HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring
- Safe
- Responsible
- Value Each Other
- Inspiring
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024