Job overview

The post holder will support the cancer services and oncology teams to provide Clinical, professional and managerial leadership, ensuring high standards of Evidence based practice.

This nurse led service requires the post holder work autonomously in ensuring the safe co-ordination, triage clinical assessment, treatment planning, decision making and diagnosis during the patients care pathway. The post holder must be proactive in the development and implementation of the clinical service and long-term strategic direction of the Acute Oncology service, maintaining compliance, ensuring person centred care and evaluates the patient experience across the service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the cancer services and oncology teams to provide

Clinical, professional and managerial leadership, ensuring high standards of

Evidence based practice. This nurse led service requires the post holder work autonomously in ensuring the safe co-ordination, triage clinical assessment, treatment planning, decision making and diagnosis during the patients care pathway. The post holder must be proactive in the development and implementation of the clinical service and long term strategic direction of the Acute Oncology service, maintaining compliance, ensuring person centred care and evaluates the patient experience across the service.

The post holder is key member of the Acute Oncology Service to ensure safe care to patients and service users and maintain a safe environment for all according to local and national standards and evaluating across the service. Expectation for the practitioner to promote effective workplace cultures across the new team, support acute oncology pathways within the organization to sustain person-center safe effective care. As part of this team the post may require the holder to work on other sites with East Kent Hospital Trust, in order to meet service requirements and to ensure that staff maintain and develop their skills. In addition to covering the acute oncology service, the post holder will be expected to support Brain, CUP and sarcoma patients.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• specialist knowledge in cancer care, service development, acute care skills, clinical audit

Desirable

• knowledge of cancer pathways, able to write written reports and generate data, able to present written and verbal handovers

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN, NMC registration, degree, teaching

Desirable

• non medical prescribing, master degree, clinical skills and examination, service development

Skills

Essential

• advanced clinical assessment, advanced communication skills, leadership skills, excellent written and verbal skills

Desirable

• project management skills, triaging skills, ability to work under pressure, demonstrate the Trusts Values

Experience

Essential

• experience with a range of acute settings, band 6 experience for a minimum of 2 years , minimum of five years experience as a band 5, experience caring for cancer patients

Desirable

• 5 years clinical experience, experience in ED, chemotherapy knowledge

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

KCH and WHH

Ethelbert rd

Canterbury, Kent

CT13NG

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