[ref. u50327601] Mcmillan Upper GI Oncology CNS

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Fast forward your career by joining our Upper GI (OG and HPB) Cancer CNS team. Our department is full of opportunity for nurses who are looking to expand their skills, get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading surgical and oncology teams.

We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our hospitals. We are looking for people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care, whatever their role, and who take pride in what they do.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated nurse to join this busy, tri-site service. Imperial College NHS Trust is a tertiary referral centre for OG and HPB malignancies for North West London. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain expert experience and enhanced knowledge of Oesophago Gastric and Hepatopancreatic and Biliary cancer management in secondary care and develop key advanced CNS skills in an environment supported by an experienced nursing and multiprofessional team.

You will be supported by a team of CNSs and other MDT members delivering an exceptional standard of nursing care for patients and their families throughout the cancer patient pathway. You will further develop skills enabling you to practice at an advanced clinical level, both in your own clinical practice and as a role model to others as an UGI cancer Key Worker.

• Provide specialist nursing advice, care and support to patients with, cancer and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers, both inpatients and outpatients in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and in line with local and national targets.
• At all times ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery. Where appropriate acting as ‘associate key worker’.
• Work to improve the patient experience throughout the patient journey.
• Deputise for their line manager in designated tasks relevant to the development of role/clinical specialty.
• Act as professional role model, to support senior CNSs, providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research as designated.
• To work with senior members of the team and contribute to best working practice of the clinical nurse specialist role in accordance with local and national policy and ensure the needs of patients and their families are central to service improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in cancer or palliative care or relevant subject or the specialty
• Experience of multi-professional working
• Experience with managing patient relevant to specialist area

• Leadership and management experience
• Understanding Macmillan cancer support and it’s role across the UK.
• Involvement with the national cancer peer review process.

Skills/ Knowledge/ Abilities

• Knowledge of speciality and use of evidence-based practice.
• Excellent organisational skills and advanced ICT skills, including Microsoft office.

• Ability to support with change management.
• Ability to deliver education programmes.

Education/ qualifications

• NMC registration and a degree in related subject.
• Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject (Oncology or/and Upper GI)
• Communication skills course (i.e. sage and thyme)
• Recognised teaching qualification or demonstratable teaching experience.

• Advanced Communication course and Level 2 psychological skills training.
• Masters level learning.