Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Breast Care Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-25-7107485S
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Thomas Linacre Centre
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Specialist Breast Care Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Our team are looking for a motivated individual with a keen interest in breast care, to work within the screening and symptomatic service. We are looking for somebody with Surgical and Oncology Services experience. We provide a wide range of oncoplastic surgical techniques, and work closely with the oncology and research teams.
We are a friendly forward thinking team, working together using a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve the best outcome for our patients.
Main duties of the job
- Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
- Manages and organises own case load.
- To work along side and support the lead Specialist Breast Care Nurse.
- Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provides professional clinical leadership, guidance, expert advice and support within the Breast Care Nursing team.
- Provides a specialist, continuing, supportive Breast Care Service within the hospital and community setting, offering optimum healthcare to patients, their families and carers.
- Delivers high quality, evidence based, patient centred care within clearly defined guidelines and protocols, this will improve the patients experience and meet local needs.
- Provides specialist breast care education, training and imparts sensitive information for patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level registered nurse
- Degree/degree pathway in health related subject/willing to work towards
- ENB A11 or equivalent specialist qualification or willingness to work towards
- Teaching qualification/mentorship course or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate counselling skills, experience/qualification.
- Oncology qualification, e.g. ENB237 cancer course or equivalent
- Advanced communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration proven experience within this clinical speciality.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of participation in outpatient clinics in this specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in policy development /guidelines.
- Experience in clinical audit
- Experience of audit and research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate potentially unpleasant/ sensitive information to patients in a variety of settings
- Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Ability to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Ability to perform relevant clinical skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
- Basic IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Communication Skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to Breast Disease management and implications / application to clinical practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of research management
- Teaching and assessing knowledge and ability
Additional
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to work
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
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
- Catherine Jackson
- Job title
- Lead Specialist Breast Care Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 707 5722
- Additional information
A message can also be left on:
0330 707 5720
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