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Job summary

Main area
Breast
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-NM11493
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guys Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£51,488 - £57,802 p.a inc. HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

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Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Band 7

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated CNS to join our dynamic and friendly Breast care specialist nursing team based at Guys Hospital  at London Bridge. The role will include the support of women diagnosed with breast cancer,  and nurse led follow up

We are looking for an experienced nurse  who has an interest in developing their CNS skills or extending their current portfolio of skills and abilities You need to be able to prioritise your workload and assist us in meeting NHS Cancer waiting time and network targets whilst keeping patient experience at the heart of the cancer journey.

Closing Date: 1st May 2024

Interview Date: 9th May 2024

Main duties of the job

The Breast care CNS is responsible for the specialist nursing care of patients with Breast cancer. 

The successful candidate will have experience in supporting patients to live with and beyond cancer and will lead on holistic needs assessments and  all aspects of personalised care for this patient group. The team run a variety of nurse led services including pre treatment information sessions, and nurse led follow up after treatment.  

All enquiries are very welcome in order to prepare you to do your best at interview.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s  biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

-Support at diagnosis

-Holistic needs assessment and planning 

-Information provision including telephone and face to face support 

-Nurse led follow up 

-Support during and after treatment and side effect management 

Please see attached Job description for full details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Mentorship Course
  • NMC registered qualified nurse
Desirable criteria
  • Post registration qualification in breast care / cancer care

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working autonomously
  • Evidence of leadership
  • Evidence of patient advocacy
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of delivering change
  • Evidence of audit and research

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Proven Listening skills
  • Evidence of good verbal and written communication skills
  • Evidence of good time management and organisation skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Judy Awon
Job title
Breast Care ANP
Email address
[email protected]
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