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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist to join the breast cancer nursing team within DDUGS Collaborative. South Tees NHS Foundation Trust are committed to learning and education. We have a dedicated team through our academic centre (STRIVE) for your Continuous Professional Development.

The breast cancer nursing team is an integral provision within the Digestive Diseases, Urology and General Surgery Services Collaborative and provide support to patients and their families who have a breast cancer diagnosis.

The speciality is focused on high quality patient’s centred care, ensuring that the patient is supported continuously through diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.   

The team within this service work efficiently and effectively to support patients and their families through their breast cancer journey.

The breast cancer nursing team is part of the wider cancer nursing service alongside working with other services both within the organisation and externally.

The strategic goals of the team are centred on a positive patient journey and experience which is pivotal in minimising risk and reducing harm. The breast cancer  nursing team are high performing and deliver organisational requirements of a well led service.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for talented, motivated professional senior nurses to join our team. Experience within cancer pathways is essential and there is an expectation that the successful candidate can demonstrate strong leadership and managerial skills within this clinical setting.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first acute hospital trusts in England since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve a rating increase to ‘good’ from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the care it delivers to patients and service users.

As a senior nurse within the team you will be pivotal in developing the team in the delivery of enhanced holistic services and standards of care to our patients aligned to the South Tees Accreditation for Quality of Care (STAQC) principles.

As an integral part of the cancer nursing team you will be expected to demonstrate enhanced  communication skills and demonstrate the ability to support patients receiving a serious diagnosis.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad.  In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe.  The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community.  It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.