Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Cancer Nurses
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7284362
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Town
- Northwood
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Gynae Oncology
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Gynae Oncology who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This exciting role will give you the opportunity to contribute to the specialist care and management of patients, who are having treatment within MVCC
You will gain a valuable insight into supporting patients at diagnosis and through the cancer pathway, including on and post treatment and when disease recurs or advances.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,134 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of the CNS team and have previous oncology experience.
You will work closely with the Clinical Oncologists and the wider MDT.
You will provide specialist knowledge and support to patients by phone or in person while in clinic.
You'll have the ability to carry out holistic needs assessments with patients at specific time points within their journey.
Within this role, you will need to manage an independent workload.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work & deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Post registration qualification in speciality
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching Qualification
- Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Band 6 or above
Desirable criteria
- Research module masters
- Degree
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience in the speciality and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Experience of initiating change
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Understanding of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situation due workload and colleagues' needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload'; effective time management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead developments in practice
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Demonstrate analytical and judgemental skills
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tanya Betts
- Job title
- CNS Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766244768
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