This is an exciting opportunity to work in a growing and developing Hospital based Cancer Nurse Specialist Team at the regions Principal Treatment Centre for Cancer.

You will join an established team as a Band 6 Neuro-Oncology CNS, and in collaboration with others, further support and develop the existing CNS service to encompass patients with Neuro-oncology high-grade and low-grade brain tumors at all stages of care and treatment including follow up.

Main duties of the job

You will facilitate, empower and educate the families and the teams to enable holistic, expert and seamless care throughout their journey and intopalliative care planning and support the ongoing service development of the CNS model and core pathways.

You must have relevant experience, excellent teamwork and communication skills, be passionate about service development and improvement and dynamic in your thinking. We will offer you the opportunity to thrive in a busy and challenging environment and be part of a growing and caring multi professional team with personal and professional development opportunities tailored to you.

Informal discussions are most welcome.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact

Helen Queen, Lead Nurse Palliative and Bereavement 07770968016

Lydia Watson, Senior Neuro-Oncology Cancer Nurse Specialist 0778841630

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

NMC Registered Nurse Child

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse child
• Degree Level qualification or equivalent experience
• Qualification in teaching and/mentoring and assessing
• Recognised post-registration qualification in Haematology/oncology nursing
• Experienced band 5 - minimum 5 years experience
• Willing to undertake advanced communication skills training
• Demonstration of current expert clinical skills caring for children with cancer with a minimum of 5 years as a band 5
• Experience in coordinating care and leadership within a clinical environment
• Ability to lead practice
• Excellent communication skills - Verbal and written
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work as an effective team member
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Excellent understanding of local and national service delivery for children
• Evidence of commitment to educational initiatives to ensure the delivery of evidence based clinical practice and high quality care
• Evidence of multi-professional team working
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Effective time management skills for self and others
• Ability to act as educational lead with evidence of clinical leadership skills
• IT skills including use of emails and microsoft packages
• Evidence of child protection level 3 training
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work and to support others
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Ability to problem solve
• Evidence of good attendance
• Ability to motivate and support others
• Professional appearance and attitude
• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the trust
• Demonstrate and understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required to meet service needs
• Commitment and enthusiasm
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Team working
• Ability to organise self and others to work flexibly to deliver clinical training that meets service need

Desirable

• Evidence of good health

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

steelhouse lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH

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284-24-6698725-DMUT-A