A full-time job opportunity has become available within the Macmillan Specialist Colorectal Cancer Nursing team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. Fancy a change? Join our well-established clinical nurse specialist team, supported by a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in Colorectal Cancer, in caring for people being diagnosed and treated for colorectal cancer.

Your role will be to provide information and support to colorectal cancer patients from the point of diagnosis throughout their surgical and oncological management and living with and beyond cancer into their survivorship. As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in promoting the best patient experience possible.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers with Colorectal cancer diagnosis. You will deliver evidence based individualised patient care according to patient's changing health care needs, including using holistic needs assessment and responsive care planning (HNA). You will be required to work autonomously and developing collaborative relationships with others across and within professional boundaries. You will work collaboratively to develop patient pathways and be responsible for the continuous review and development of the nursing service. The post holder provides expert knowledge and advice in own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice. Working with the Multidisciplinary Team and Cancer Management Team you will ensure that your cancer service complies with the national standards for safety and quality, which are assessed through National Cancer Peer Review Process and actively contribute with work plans resulting from Peer Review assessment.

About us

LNWUH NHS Trust incorporates St Mark's Hospital- a Tertiary Centrespecialising in the field of Intestinal and Colorectal Disease.We are acentre of excellence in clinical care, as well as research and education. You will receive many opportunities for development within our team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• First level nursing registration
• Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality
• First level degree in related subject or evidence of working towards
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to clinical area
• Currently registered with NMC

Desirable

• Working towards Masters level qualification
• Advanced communication skills qualification
• Level 2 psychology skills certificate
• Recognised teaching qualification or working towards

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in oncology or tumour site related clinical area
• Previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials
• Demonstrate evidence of highly developed clinical practice

Desirable

• Previous experience of working a clinical nurse specialist
• Experience of audit and research
• Evidence of advanced communications skills
• Experience of Colorectal surgery and running nurse-led clinics.
• Ability to deal with complex clinical scenarios

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Central Middlesex Hospital

Acton Lane

Park Royal

NW10 7NS

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