We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Nurse Consultant Practitioner to join our Neuro-oncology Service here in CUH. You will deliver comprehensive care to patients, operating with a high degree of autonomy within a specialist neuro-oncology service. This role is structured around the four core functions of Nurse Consultant Practice as outlined by the Health Education England framework:

Expert Practice

Strategic and Enabling Leadership

Learning, Developing, and Improving Across the System

Research and Innovation

Key Responsibilities:

• Expert Practice: Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers, and colleagues, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care.
• Education and Training: Deliver education and training to staff and students, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Clinical Excellence: Maintain clinical excellence by implementing best practices and adhering to the highest standards of patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an independent Consultant Practitioner delivering a comprehensive service to patients within the neuro-oncology service, employing a high degree of autonomy.

The post is structured around the four core functions of Consultant Practice as set out in the multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (Multi professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework, Health Education England www.hee.nhs.uk 2021):

1. Expert practice

2. Strategic and enabling leadership

3. Learning, developing, and improving across the system

4. Research and innovation

The post holder will:

1. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues.

2. Provides education and training to other staff and students.

3. Ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.

4. Undertake research within this specialist area.

This post will provide key leadership and clinical expertise within the East of England neuro-oncology service. This will include contributing to key areas of clinical delivery, providing staff support and mentorship, and undertaking audit and research in line with the service's core objectives. The postholder will also be responsible for ensuring the service continues to maintain the required standards for designation as a Centre of Excellence by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.

About us

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

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Closing date is midnight on 18 August 2024

Interviews are due to be held on 2 September 2024

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

Our values and reputation for outstanding care Opportunities to experience a range of specialities Career and development opportunities Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team Research experience and opportunities Lovely location and quality of life Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered professional with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Master's degree in relevant health care area.
• Up-to-date professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of personal and professional development.
• Leadership course
• Advanced Communications course
• Non-medical Prescriber

Desirable

• PhD/Professional Doctorate/DPhil
• Teaching qualification
• Quality Improvement qualification
• Coaching qualification
• After Action Review facilitator training

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-registration experience with relevant clinical field recent senior experience in the field.
• Evidence of significant effective leadership in a senior clinical position.
• Line management experience.
• Demonstrable experience of leading service and/or quality improvement
• Demonstrable experience of clinical teaching.
• Demonstrable experience of research and innovation, including experience of clinical research delivery.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience in undertaking PSIRF approach such as systems review, learning responses, PSII, After Action Review facilitation, including presenting at SERF.
• Significant experience in developing policies and standard operational procedures.
• Significant experience of quality governance principles, specifically: risk benchmarking against standards continuous improvement.

Desirable

• A track record of scholarship and publication, sufficient to have inspired recognition as an expert and innovator in the field.
• Current experience as professional representative/ advisor on regional/national bodies. x
• Current experience as professional representative/ advisor on regional/national bodies. oExperience of lead author for reports for governance purposes, for both internal and external requirements.

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of specialist clinical knowledge in neuro-oncology o
• Knowledge of Trust and system partners.
• Sound knowledge of professional registration governing practice.
• Evidence of understanding of trust values in relation to leadership behaviours and national leadership models.

Desirable

• Understanding of the principles of high reliability organisations and the leadership responsibility to create and sustain a mature patient safety culture

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of leading successful Business Case development.
• Ability to effectively use electronic risk management systems i.e., Datix, for various relevant modules, e.g., risk, incident reporting, audit.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal that foster collaboration and influence positive change, including management of conflict.
• Can demonstrate good presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Analytical skills
• Ability to motivate and influence other professional colleagues.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary forum and with other professionals.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary forum and with other professionals.
• Ability to educate and inspire multi-professional audiences.
• Good organisational skills - in terms of co-ordinating work, educating patients, assuring the quality-of-care delivery and liaising with other professionals.
• Ability to lead on implementation of national standards internally and with system partners.

Desirable

• Significant IT skills
• Project management skills

Additoanl Requirements

Essential

• Confident, assertive, a visionary, and a strategist.
• Ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of together -kind, safe and excellent.
• Able to travel across the region as required, to liaise with key external partners.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Addenbrookes Hospital-Division D

Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

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