Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lymphoma Cancer

NHS; Tooting; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lymphoma Cancer

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a service to patients diagnosed with Lymphoma, acting as the key worker for the patient group and liaising with the multidisciplinary team. This ensures that haematology oncology patients receive the highest standard of personalised care and support at the time of diagnosis and onward.

Main duties of the job

To provide care for newly diagnosed haematology oncology patients and their families with particular emphasis on counselling and emotional support, ensuring easy access for telephone support to ambulatory community-based patients and established referral processes from clinic and ward settings. To know when to refer on to other professionals for more specialist guidance, support, advice, and counselling.

Provides guidance, support, advice, and counselling to patients and their family/carers along the patient pathway, acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for the patients dealing with the team.

To establish a nurse-led follow-up service for patients with low-risk disease, including the provision of clear directions for patients and GPs to access the nurse-led service if they become concerned about symptoms.

To work autonomously within the hospital environment of St. George's as well as interact closely with different multi-professional teams across each site.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

• Leading on patient and carer communication issues and coordination of the patient pathway for patients referred to the team. Provides guidance, support, advice, and counselling to patients and their family/carers along the patient pathway, acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for the patients dealing with the team. To know when to refer on to other professionals for more specialist guidance, support, advice, and counselling.

Undertaking holistic needs assessments at appropriate points in the pathway.

To provide advice and support for all members of the multi-professional team in the care of said patients at any stage of their disease. To liaise closely with members of the multi-professional team so these patients experience a seamless, high-quality service.

To develop guidelines and protocols to deliver a comprehensive, evidence-based service for patients.

To establish links with organisations providing support and information for haematology oncology patients, particularly local, regional, and national groups.

To identify areas of nursing practice within the specialty that would benefit from research. To initiate such research, working alongside the Lead Cancer Nurse and other professionals, sharing findings with others through publication, poster presentation, and teaching.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Teaching Module/qualification
• Relevant Clinical Module in Haematology-oncology or relevant experience
• Masters Degree
• Physical Assessment course at Level 7
• Independent prescriber

Experience

• Minimum 3 years experience
• 2 Years experience as band 6
• Extensive knowledge of haemato-oncology nursing
• Counselling or Level 2 psychological support training
• Counselling Qualification

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in patient advocacy
• Ability to conduct own projects and follow them through.
• Advanced Communication Skills training

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• An understanding of audit, research, and evidence-based care.
• Up to date knowledge of Nursing Practice at Clinical Governance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Lead Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

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