Band 6 Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist - Respiratory Lung Diagnostic Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a highly motivated registered nurse with proven clinical skills in respiratory nursing to join a well-developed and supportive multidisciplinary Lung cancer diagnostic team. All clinics and on site work will be based on both the Guy's and St Thomas's sites . This role requires the post holder to have demonstrable specialist clinical skills related to holistically caring for patients with a potential Lung cancer diagnosis or experience working within the diagnostic pathway.

Closing date: 11/08/2024

Interview date: 22/08/2024

Main duties of the job

• Manage the nurse helpline triaging and responding to patients and their relatives
• Triage referrals from MDT
• Liaise with Pathway coordinators
• Coordinating patient pathways to ensure seamless care for patients
• Face to face, telephone and video appointments
• Attending Multi-disciplinary team meetings
• Perform in-patient ward rounds within the hospital settings
• Ensure patients are fully prepared for lung diagnostic procedures
• Liaise closely with Chest Clinic and TLHC team
• Work closely with admin team to ensure all imaging and tests have been completed in a timely manner
• Excellent documentation to ensure all members of the team are aware of patients pathway
• Onwards referrals to Oncology service

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a B6 Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist you will work closely with the B7 Clinical Nurse Specialist, Targeted Lung Health Check Team in the community, Chest Clinic Nurses and medical team to review patients within both in-patient and ambulatory settings providing advice and support throughout the diagnostic service with patient pathway beyond diagnosis. The successful candidate will be supported to attend MDT clinics and build links with the acute oncology service and develop in- patient pathways to ensure patients receive all the information and support required as they go through the lung diagnosis pathway.

You will be working alongside the MDT to complete a holistic needs assessment of your patients as they potentially undergo invasive diagnostic procedures. In addition you will receive training with the team to contribute to the diagnostic service within the chest clinic at St Thomas hospital. The role also requires you to support patients with palliative needs, advising and supporting patients and their families and liaising closely with community services to ensure continuity of care.

This role will enable you to transfer, apply and develop your nursing knowledge and skills to ensure that the quality of care and the needs of adults facing a Thoracic cancer diagnosis are met in accordance to current national and Trust guidelines. You must be organised, confident and have excellent communication skills to enable you to liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary team and work with a diverse and varied group of patients and carers.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current registration
• Substantial acute experience and Respiratory/oncology
• Post graduate qualification
• mentorship course

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates specialist knowledge underpinned by theory
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills with MDT, Incl patients and their relatives
• Demonstrates ability to organise own time and negotiate with others
• Experience in Oncology/Lung diagnostic pathway

Desirable

• Experience with Invasive procedures/daycase

Previous experience

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance structures
• Experienced and competent in managing respiratory/Oncology patients
• Experience of Palliative care

Desirable

• Experience of teaching/supervising others

values & behaviours

Essential

• values & behaviours

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guys & St Thomas' Hospital (Cross site)

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH

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