Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-DV-407-A
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £37,162 - £44,629 Pro rata Per annum ncl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Frimley Health and work within the Haematology service at the Wexham Park Hospital site.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and self motivated nurse to join our Haematology clinical nurse team for 22.5 hours a week for a fixed term contract of 12 months.
You will be joining our Team as a Band 6 Haematology nurse. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a well established team and to gain experience within this speciality.
The post holder will act as a Keyworker for patients with a variety of Haematological malignancies. Supporting them through their diagnosis, treatment and survivorship pathways. They will play a pivotal role in the patients journey; being a point of contact offering support and advice for a variety of treatments and complex interventions. Our patients are cared for as inpatients on our Haematology ward, receiving chemotherapy on our day unit or on an active monitoring pathway. All of these patients require specialist nursing input, the post holder is required to have excellent communication skills to be able to support our patients.
We would welcome your application if you have a passion for Haematology and are looking for experience as Clinical Nurse specialist.
Main duties of the job
- To act as a Keyworker for a defined group of patients diagnosed with a haematological cancer
- Supporting the delivery of a comprehensive nurse-led service that is holistic in each approach, evidence based and meets the individual needs of Haematological cancer patients
- Work towards a clinical expert in Haematological cancer with good communication skills
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Manage a caseload of patients, for a defined group of patients, with a new diagnosis of a haematological cancer
Develop and demonstrate advanced practice in the holistic assessment and management of Haematological cancer patients. Signposting and referral to appropriate teams and services
Provide specialist advice to support ward staff when patients are admitted ensuring all medical and nursing needs are understood and carried out in accordance with Trust standards and policies
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration
- Degree in Nursing or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Awareness of the national cancer agenda and guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Communications Skills training
- Psychology Level 2 training
- Recognised Haematology/Palliative Qualification or willingness to work towards
- Chemotherapy Trained
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Copes well with responsibility and emotional circumstances
- Patient education/counselling skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in recent research
- Project management
- Ability to influence current practice and change
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 or above
- Able to demonstrate utilisation of research-based evidence and recent use of audit
- Experience in Haematology cancer nursing
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK
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
- Kathryn Kensey
- Job title
- Macmillan Haematology CNS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 615 3152
- Additional information
Kate Harris Haematology CNS
0300 615 3152
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