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Job overview

• Responsible for the clinical leadership within Outpatients and Phlebotomy.
• Act as designated person in charge supervising all staff and their workload.
• Responsible to ensure the fundamentals of care are the basis of all care delivery.
• Responsible for the supervision and clinical skills assessment of competency of clinical staff and students.
• Participate and lead projects to improve patient care, service improvement, 1000 lives plus, Transforming Cancer Services and patient safety.
• Ensure that environment cleanliness standards are maintained in the Outpatients and promote effective infection prevention and control, ensure all relevant policies are adhered to.
• Day to day management of clinic space and staff resources.
• Deputize for OPD nurse manager to attend TCS meetings, Health and Safety, Patient Dignity meetings, and senior nurse meetings.

Main duties of the job

• Provides complex Oncology treatment information regarding diagnosis, prognosis, complication and further management.
• Builds a good relationship with the patient and their family.
• Works within the multi-disciplinary team in site specific team (SST) clinics, offering advice and support to healthcare professionals both internally and externally.
• Ensures that patients are signposted to appropriate supportive services both within and external to VCC and relevant information is communicated to these services with the patients consent.
• Advanced communication skills required to support breaking bad news and the communication of complex information.
• Will be required to organize and chair regular staff meetings and report to clinical staff any information regarding service and development.
• Comprehensive assessment skills incorporating history taking – assessing acute unwell Oncology patients and liaising with AOS patient assessment team.
• Involved in local clinical audits and research projects, and is able to interpret and implement the evidence within the clinical environment.
• Will be involved with clinical incident investigation and reporting – DATIX.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services. 

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/