Job summary
- Main area
- ENT
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 205-7744520
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital of North Midlands
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
This post will provide a comprehensive specialist service to clients with Head and Neck Cancer
They will act as an expert and resource for members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
Provide and receive complex, sensitive / highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, barriers to understanding
Facilitate communication, which results in clear responsibilities being identified within the multi-professional team
The post holder will act as a role model for other nurses by demonstrating specialist knowledge/skills and promote opportunities for their professional development
Communicate highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives providing empathy and reassurance
There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy.
It is expected that ALL employees of the Trust will take part in the appraisal process each year with the first appraisal taking place within the first 6 months from appointment.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership within this area of care and will lead and develop specialist education.
The post holder will act as the key worker and liaise with other healthcare professionals to provide the best possible specialist care for their patients
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide and receive complex, sensitive / highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, barriers to understanding
Facilitate communication, which results in clear responsibilities being identified within the multi-professional team
The post holder will act as a role model for other nurses by demonstrating specialist knowledge/skills and promote opportunities for their professional development
Communicate highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives providing empathy and reassurance
There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy.
It is expected that ALL employees of the Trust will take part in the appraisal process each year with the first appraisal taking place within the first 6 months from appointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
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
- Yvonne Harvey
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Emma Sadler
Matron
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