Macmillan Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

Macmillan Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

We are looking for a motivated and dependable nurse to join our Head and Neck Cancer Nursing team as a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist.

In this role, you will work alongside our dedicated team of Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide comprehensive physical and emotional support to cancer patients throughout their treatment journey. You will also collaborate closely with the broader Head and Neck multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic patient care.

The role demands a proactive and approachable team member who will take clinical responsibility for patients diagnosed with Head and Neck and thyroid cancers. The Clinical Nurse Specialist is expected to make informed decisions within their professional scope to ensure that established standards and objectives are achieved.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team locally and within the West Midlands Clinical Strategic Network to enable a high-quality service.
• A skilled practitioner and clinical leader providing support to the management team, participating in service/policy development within a defined speciality.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients ensuring appropriate high-quality care within the speciality of Head and Neck and thyroid cancer is planned, implemented and evaluated/audited.
• A supportive resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy, procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including complex patient monitoring; equipment management and frequent administration of invasive tests/procedures.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and educate staff, participating in supervision, mentorship and appraisal as required.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data available.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and users from known hazards.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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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.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

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Lead Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire