We are seeking to appoint a Lead Nurse for Cancer and Palliative Care.

This role is the strategic lead and expert for cancer and palliative care nursing across South Tees NHSFT

The postholder will provide visible senior professional and clinical leadership, advice, support, and consultancy to other senior clinicians across all professional boundaries and all organisational structures.

On behalf of the Trust the post holder is responsible for representing cancer nursing and Palliative care nursing at local, regional and national level. The post holder will ensure links with the Northern Cancer Alliance, local Integrated Care Boards, Macmillan Cancer Support and other voluntary services. Strong links and collaboration across the system is required to ensure that the needs of the South Tees population are addressed.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on the strategic development of a robust education portfolio to address the needs of the workforce in relation to cancer, palliative and end of life care to ensure a highly skilled, confident and engaged workforce.

Working across community and the acute services the post holder will lead on behalf of the Trust to ensure the strategic development and delivery of the cancer and palliative care agenda.

Leading and participating in audit, research and evaluation the postholder will ensure a continued source of expert nurse consultancy and drive the development of quality services.The overall purpose of this role is to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice, delivering improvement to patient pathways and ultimately better outcomes for patients. There will be a strong focus on working closely with patients and clinical teams to ensure the provision of quality care. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of care for patients providing professional leadership to cancer and palliative care nurse specialists within the Trust.

On behalf of the Trust the post holder will develop close working relationships with key national and regional committees. There will be an expectation of visible leadership across the Trust and an ability to provide appropriate reports and presentations relevant to the role.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• oNMC level 1 registration
• o1st degree
• oMsc/MA in relevant related subject
• oQualification in Cancer/Palliative Care
• oHold a record of continuous professional and academic development
• oAdvanced communication skills qualification
• oEvidence of ability to work at a senior level
• oLeadership qualification/programme

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oDemonstrate an expert working knowledge and experience of cancer and specialist palliative care.
• oExtensive knowledge of care pathways related to cancer care.
• oSignificant senior experience in management of cancer and palliative care services.
• oSignificant clinical experience in a cancer/ palliative care area
• oEvidence of being involved in service development and identifying priorities.
• oKnowledge of good governance processes
• oHigh level of communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to convey sensitive information and strategies to large groups e.g. clinicians, senior management, all health care workers, patients and carers
• oHighly developed persuasive, motivational and negotiating skills with the ability to lead teams to improve practice, influencing different teams within very complex and sometimes conflicting clinical and operational situations.
• oAbility to analyse complex numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions to aid service development.
• oLeadership skills across organisation and within team.
• oCompetent IT skills - producing reports and spreadsheets.
• oAbility to assess quality against key standards and performance indicators and produce action plans.
• oAble to effectively network and build strong partnerships locally, regionally and nationally.
• oExperience of multi-agency, multi professional team working.

Desirable

• Experience of effective budget management.
• Service redesign and project management experience
• Experience in analysing and resolving complex complaints and incidents
• Experience and evidence of presenting at conferences at local and national level

Experience

Essential

• oExtensive post registration experience with experience of working at a senior level.
• oStrong management and leadership skills with a proven record of introducing organisation wide change.
• oSenior experience in Cancer/Palliative Care including proven staff management experience with the ability to motivate, lead and develop staff.
• oProven experience of working within local and regional networks.
• oExperience of input into audit/research
• oExperience of external quality programmes eg GIRFT
• oExperience of managing change and delivering service improvement programmes.
• oKnowledge and experience of identifying, measuring and monitoring quality metrics and identifying areas for improvement.
• oExperience of developing protocols and guidelines and introducing into practice
• oEvidence of continuing professional development
• oEvidence of further study within field of expertise or a willingness to undertake further training where appropriate

Personal Attributes

Essential

• oDemonstrates a positive image of the nursing profession and be a role model to all staff who care for cancer and palliative care patients
• oPassionate about service improvement to enhance patient safety, clinical effectiveness and the patient experience.
• oCaring and compassionate attitude to patients and colleagues
• oPersonal and professional credibility and authority in Cancer and Palliative care.
• oPersonal resilience for a demanding and competing workload.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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