Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Support
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (& 6 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2033
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (9 month fixed term post and a 6 month fixed term post)
An exciting opportunity to join the team (Charing Cross Hospital). The Trust strives to provide world-class healthcare, through excellence in research, education and training.
Are you self-motivated, enthusiastic, eager to learn and keen to develop skills to work both autonomously and as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team? Is providing excellent nursing care a key driver? Is making a difference and delivering a quality breast care service fundamental to you?
We are looking for two keen nurses for fixed term posts. You will be responsible to care and support people with breast cancer, and assist by ensuring patients’ experiences reflects their wishes. You will be pivotal in shaping and promoting the nursing vision and direction of the breast service.
The post holder will join the established breast cancer CNS team giving specialist information and support to those with early breast cancer and acting as Key Worker.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced nurse with relevant experience of either working directly with people with breast cancer or of working as a cancer CNS in another speciality with an interest in breast cancer.
Main duties of the job
- Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers with a diagnosis of breast cancer being assessed, co-ordinated or cared for within Imperial and in liaison with the multidisciplinary team and other health agencies.
- To perform an effective key role within the MDT to deliver cancer waiting times targets and pathways communication.
- To act as a specialist resource for patients and the clinical team by providing comprehensive advice, information, teaching and training both within ICHT and externally.
- Update own clinical and specialist knowledge. Contribute in audit processes. Undertake, where appropriate, nursing research with published outcomes.
- Promote excellence in clinical practice, and the setting of quality standards within specialty.
- Formulate an annual report/clinical audit of own CNS service and outcomes.
- Active involvement in the development of the service locally and nationally.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- First level degree in related subject
- Evidence of Masters level learning or prepared to work towards
- Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant subject
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Level 2 psychological skills training as per recognised course or working towards
Desirable criteria
- Research qualification
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience, in cancer or palliative care
- Experience of teaching
- In-depth specialist experience
- Leadership and management experience
- Able to conduct reflective practice and participates in clinical supervision facilitated by a level 3 / 4 practitioner
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Evidence of advanced communications skills
- Ability to lead and influence change
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
- Experience of audit and research
SKILLS AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Leadership and motivational skills
Desirable criteria
- European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
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
- Dr Victoria Harmer
- Job title
- Consultant Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033130303
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