Specialist Breast Care Nurse | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1RU |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7209093/302-25-7209093S |
Summary
Our team are looking for a motivated individual with a keen interest in breast care, to work within the screening and symptomatic service. We are looking for somebody with Surgical and Oncology Services experience. We provide a wide range of oncoplastic surgical techniques, and work closely with the oncology and research teams.
We are a friendly forward thinking team, working together using a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve the best outcome for our patients.
• Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
• Manages and organises own case load.
• To work along side and support the lead Specialist Breast Care Nurse.
• Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
• Provides professional clinical leadership, guidance, expert advice and support within the Breast Care Nursing team.
• Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
• Delivers high quality, evidence based, patient centred care within clearly defined guidelines and protocols, this will improve the patients experience and meet local needs.
• Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Jun 2025