Additionally, the position offers the opportunity for professional development, including advanced communication skills training and collaboration with colleagues across primary and secondary care settings. The CNS will help recognize changes in patient conditions, facilitate self-management, and promote innovative case management approaches. Overall, the role emphasises a strategic focus on enhancing both inpatient and outpatient care while maintaining high standards in service delivery and collaboration with the clinical team.
Macmillan Clinical Nurse SpecialistBand 737.5 Hours per weekPermanent
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to develop advanced nursing skills within a Macmillan supported personalised approach to cancer care. Working with the HPB Cancer multidisciplinary team you will play a key role in contributing to this high quality patient centred tertiary service including involvement and participation at weekly MDT meetings and outpatient clinics.
The successful candidate will have previous post registration clinical experience in the care of patients with Liver and HPB cancer. Applicants should possess excellent literacy, communication, organisational and leadership skills and should be prepared to work within a flexible working environment. Post graduate education, teaching and mentoring skills plus good IT skills are required.
As part of the Hepatobiliary Cancer Specialist Nursing Team you will be supported and given the opportunity to complete the advanced communication skills course and will develop skills to personalise care through undertaking Holistic Needs Assessments. You will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the psycho-social needs of those affected by Primary Liver cancer, including carers, developing an understanding and application of the Living with and Beyond Cancer strategy (2.
Your role will adopt a strategic approach to both inpatient and outpatient care, resulting in interventions which aim to pre-empt potential problems in the clinical areas and in the community and minimize periods of crisis for patients, and their carers. A significant strength of the role will be supporting colleagues to cross professional boundaries in both primary and secondary care with the confidence and competence to work autonomously, utilising a wide degree of clinical assessment and clinical decision making skills.
For further information / informal visit please contact: Jane Williams ADN Gastroenterology on or HPB Cancer Team on .
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Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement andevaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
- Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment,planning and evaluation.
- Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Specialty).
- Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patientswithin the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs anddischarge arrangements.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers /relatives.
- Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the requiredinformation to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their caredelivery.
- Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of othersand refer on as appropriate.
- To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patientproblems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
- To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, in the delivery of highstandards of patient care.
- To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership withlead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of highstandards of patient care.
- Work with the Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking theCNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate e.g. Nurse Prescribing.
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