An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward-thinking, enthusiastic and dynamic senior nurse to join our well-established Thoracic Oncology team at Royal Papworth Hospital, a tertiary referral centre for Lung cancer.

The Lead Nurse will provide clinical nurse leadership to co-ordinate the delivery of a comprehensive oncology service working collaboratively with other members of the team.

The Lead Nurse will support the Thoracic Oncology team to further build their clinical capability and confidence. We are really interested, not just in your clinical excellence, but also your ability to be a visible, optimistic, and compassionate leader who will develop staff by understanding their needs and aspirations, bringing your ideas, and actively contributing to further improve collaborative working across the clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a co-lead for the Oncology Service with the Clinical Director and Operational Lead, supporting the development of clinical strategy for Oncology Care to enable the team to deliver timely, clinically effective patient care that meets national standards.

If you believe that you have the relevant skills, experience, and values we are seeking, we look forward to receiving your application.

Royal Papworth Hospital is proud to employ a diverse workforce who is encouraged to use their individuality to provide exceptional and personalised patient care. We believe that our strength as an organisation relies on our ability to foster an environment which encourages using our differences as a strength.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Valid NMC registration

Desirable

• Advanced practitioner skills or willingness to work towards
• Professional non-medical prescriber or willingness to work towards
• Teaching qualification
• Leadership qualification
• Root Cause Analysis / Investigation training

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within Oncology.
• Experience of empowering staff to develop and lead within their areas of responsibility.
• Experience of managing change
• Developing and executing ideas to improve patient experience/staff engagement/services
• Experience in staff development- mentorship, coaching, supervision
• Experience at Band 7 or above
• Evidence of ongoing professional and managerial development.
• Able to interpret clinical information and report as appropriate
• Be able to lead staff in a compassionate and collective way ensuring that their health and wellbeing is a priority.
• Collaborate effectively with operational and clinical colleagues to improve patient care and experience and to build strong staff engagement.
• Be able to give honest and professional challenge to colleagues.
• Be able to develop the clinical capability and confidence of individuals and teams and encourage innovation and curiosity about how improvements can be made.

Desirable

• Clinical and operational leadership
• Involvement in research project in clinical environment or related environment.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
• Be able to work constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
• Presentation skills including communicating complex and sensitive information to groups.
• Flexibility: Ability to cope with new and changing demands and emotionally demanding situations e.g. dealing with distressed patients and sometimes challenging visitors and staff

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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