Lung Cancer Screening Responsible Assessor - Peterborough inPeterborough inPeterborough PUBLISHED THU 13 MAR 2025
Opportunity for impactful leadership in lung cancer screening, directly affecting patient outcomes and quality of care.
Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, enhancing professional growth and fostering a supportive work environment.
Engagement with patients and families, providing critical information and support during their treatment journey.
Involvement in operational management, streamlining services, and ensuring efficient delivery of healthcare.
Access to ongoing training and development through audits and the generation of performance reports, promoting continuous learning.
Ability to influence the direction of lung cancer services and contribute to service development committees.
A role that allows for personal satisfaction from contributing to the health and well-being of the community.
Join North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust as a Lung Cancer Screening Responsible Assessor in Peterborough, where your expertise can make a tangible difference in the lives of patients and their families. This fulfilling leadership role involves providing compassionate clinical assessments and dedicated support to patients at every stage of their journey, while also collaborating closely with senior nursing and medical staff. If you're passionate about making a real impact in healthcare, this is the opportunity for you.
In this role, you will coordinate the Lung Cancer Screening service, ensuring its seamless operation and effective communication throughout. Working alongside the Respiratory and Oncology teams, you will gather and report essential data, contributing to the service's success and enhancing its profile within the community. If you're a registered nurse or a UK nursing student on the path to your PIN, we would love to hear from you. Join us in creating a supportive environment for patients and their carers—your compassionate approach can help transform lives. For more information or questions, please reach out to Zara Ball, our Lead Cancer Nurse, at zara.ball@nhs.net.
In this role, you will coordinate the Lung Cancer Screening service, ensuring its seamless operation and effective communication throughout. Working alongside the Respiratory and Oncology teams, you will gather and report essential data, contributing to the service's success and enhancing its profile within the community. If you're a registered nurse or a UK nursing student on the path to your PIN, we would love to hear from you. Join us in creating a supportive environment for patients and their carers—your compassionate approach can help transform lives. For more information or questions, please reach out to Zara Ball, our Lead Cancer Nurse, at zara.ball@nhs.net.
Opportunity for impactful leadership in lung cancer screening, directly affecting patient outcomes and quality of care.
Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, enhancing professional growth and fostering a supportive work environment.
Engagement with patients and families, providing critical information and support during their treatment journey.
Involvement in operational management, streamlining services, and ensuring efficient delivery of healthcare.
Access to ongoing training and development through audits and the generation of performance reports, promoting continuous learning.
Ability to influence the direction of lung cancer services and contribute to service development committees.
A role that allows for personal satisfaction from contributing to the health and well-being of the community.
This leadership role will encompass:
o Clinical assessment, treatment, care, and support of patients at all stages of their pathway
o Information and support to patients, families, and carers
o Clinical support of senior nursing and medical staff in decisions regarding care and treatment plans.
o Working closely with the Respiratory and Oncology medical and nursing teams.
*** Please note we are only able to accept applications from those with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN as we are unable to support OSCE at this time***
- To coordinate the LCS service at an operational level ensuring the efficient running of the service, effective communication, and dissemination of information, working closely with the commissioners to ensure effective service delivery.
- Provide relevant accurate data to the commissioning group to meet KPIs.
- Report to the operational lead and commissioners to develop and raise the profile of LCS service.
- To represent LCS service on relevant management and service development committees within the directorates in conjunction with the manager.
- To provide high quality Audit and regular reports back to the commissioning group on all aspects of the service.
- To have regular coordination meetings with the team
- To ensure that all performance information identified as necessary is collected according to the timescales required.
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