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Macmillan Breast Care Nurse specialist
| Posting date: | 08 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 April 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B18 7QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9381-25-0207 |
Summary
1. Providing Effective Healthcare Demonstrate advanced empathetic interpersonal and communication skillsin dealing with patients and carers through the patient way from diagnosisto palliative care. Demonstrate advanced practice in holistic assessment, planning,implementation and evaluation of specialist Breast Cancer care. This willnecessitate high levels of autonomy and advocacy and include receivingdirect referrals and ensuring the delivery of appropriate care for a caseloadof patients. Demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills and innovative practice inrelevant specialist area. Ensure that there is a system of nursingdocumentation, which reflects this advanced practice. Act as a role modelby demonstrating high standards of holistic care and provide clinicalleadership in the specialist area. Under the direction of the consultant see patients within the Rapid Accesssetting. Duties to include history taking, physical examination andrequesting investigations, whilst encouraging opportunities for healthpromotion and health education. Participate in Nurse Led Clinic for routine follow-up breast cancer patientsin line with agreed clinic protocol. To include, liaison with professionalswithin the MDT, counselling, examination, rehabilitation, survivorship,health promotion and education and breast awareness. Support the nipple tattoo service by running a nurse led clinic withinagreed protocols. Promote clinical excellence reflecting the Sandwell & West BirminghamHospitals NHS Trust nursing strategy and business plans. Assist in developing policies, protocols and clinical guidelines incollaboration with the band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist and the LeadCancer Nurse, which are necessary to support the developing specialistnursing service. Influence decisions regarding service delivery through the participation inmeetings. Promote the services provided at the Trust through conferences.2. Clinical Effectiveness: (Improving quality and health outcomes.Evaluation and research.) Demonstrate commitment to the promotion of skilled practice, which isresearch, based. Demonstrate continual evaluation of practice within the Specialist BreastCancer nursing area, making agreed changes. Actively participate in audit and other reviews to monitor and improveclinical care. Demonstrate knowledge of the clinical trials relevant in Breast CancerCare In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, ensure that informationprovided to health professionals and patients are representative ofresearch-based recommendations and are within the NICE ImprovingOutcomes for Breast and supportive care. Is able to evaluate evidence/research, which is pertinent to the specialistarea. Assess and monitor risk in own and others practice acting on the resultsthereby ensuring safe delivery of care. Facilitate, develop and monitor quality initiatives in line with local andnational requirements or guidelines. To participate in the annual review of service and production of a crosssite annual report for the Trust To develop a questioning and open culture within practice. One that willenable both professionals and patients to partake in the development ofthe delivery of excellent care. To develop appropriate information systems and ensure documentationsystems are accessible to assist in high-level delivery of care. Is able to investigate and analyse situations and reports that impact onpractice and develop action plans to address these issues.3. Leading and Developing Practice of Self and Others Advanced knowledge of surgical procedures and awareness of cancertreatment and side effects for breast cancer patients. Is able to advise and support others in choosing and obtaining educationaldevelopment. Demonstrate excellent communication skills, which incorporate activelistening and feedback. Deliver informal educational initiatives. Contribute to providing a comprehensive teaching programme for BreastCancer Care across primary and secondary care Recognise programme of development, which will benefit both self and thewider organisation. Maintain a personal professional profile to demonstrate expert practiceand reflexivity. Establish and maintain a regional network of contacts. The ability to plan and instigate own programme of learning. Has sound reflective and facilitation skills. Actively demonstrates commitment to clinical supervision. Liaise with the Cancer Waiting Time Manager with regards to supportingthe MDT Co-ordinator in their role.4. Innovation and Change Working across Professional andOrganisational Boundaries Actively contributes to developing sound multi-disciplinary relationshipsand contribute to the MDT discussion. In all aspects of work challenge and demonstrate an ability to work acrossorganisational and professional boundaries. Demonstrate and maintains constructive working relationships, evenduring times of disagreement and tension. Demonstrate an understanding of group development and intervenesappropriately to optimise team working. Work with the team to adjust boundaries in own specialist area. Work proactively with the band 7 in managing change in Breast Cancercare to improve practice and health outcomes. Contribute to the management of Breast Cancer care by attendingmeetings across the health economy ensuring the patient pathway isseamless and of a high quality throughout the journey. Work with the band 7 to identify areas of practice, which may be expandedto ensure the best clinical outcomes for the patients. Contribute and implement service objectives, which reflect Trust nursinggoals and business plan. Promote collaborative working relationships and effective communication,between all members of the multi-disciplinary team, healthcareprofessionals and service users both in primary and acute settings. Attend mandatory lectures according to hospital policy.5. Management Works within the Trust policies and procedures6. General Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is committed tothe continuing development of staff. The post holder can expectsupport for training both to allow this job description to be fulfilled andto develop further/his/her career.