Fast forward your career by joining our Upper GI Cancer CNS team. Our department is full of opportunity for nurses who are looking to expand their skills, get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading surgical and oncology teams.

We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our hospitals. We are looking for people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care, whatever their role, and who take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating all patients, customers and colleagues with respect and dignity, and seek people who strive for excellence and innovation in all that they do.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated nurse to join this busy, tri-site service during this fixed term post. Imperial College NHS Trust is a tertiary referral centre for OG and HPB malignancies for North West London. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join the Team for a year and to gain expert experience and enhanced knowledge of HPB cancer management in secondary care and develop key advanced CNS skills in an environment supported by an experienced nursing and multiprofessional team.

This is a great opportunity if you are looking for a secondment or expand your knowledge.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients in Upper GI particularly with OG tumours and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers, both inpatients and outpatients, without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.

The post holder will provide specialist nursing care within the surgical and oncology setting and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical speciality. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.

To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for any area specified acting as professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research.

To develop the clinical nurse specialist role in accordance with local and national policy and ensure the needs of patients and their families are central to service improvement initiatives.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience.
• Post registration experience in Oncology/Upper GI or related subject with experience of change management.
• Has attained a First Level Degree in management/professional nursing issues.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards.
• Registered Nurse.

Desirable

• Leadership qualification.
• Level 2 Psychology training.
• Masters level learning or is working towards.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in cancer/palliative care and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader/ward management role.
• Experience with managing patient in Upper GI.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Ability to work within a team and independently.
• Proven teaching and assessing skills.

Desirable

• Involvement with the national cancer peer review process.

Skills/knowledge/abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees.
• Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of own patient group (Upper GI - Hepatopancreatobiliary and Oesophagogastric).
• Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Teaching/assessment and presentation skills.
• Good IT skills, Understanding of office Works suite including PowerPoint.

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Hammersmith Hospital

Du Cane Road

London

W12 0HS

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

290-SCCS-1560