Band 6/7 Cancer Rehab Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Royal Berkshire


Date: 3 days ago
City: Reading
Contract type: Full time
Cancer Rehab Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 6/7 dependent on experience)

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is excited to announce that we have a new opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Berkshire Cancer Centre.

We are looking for a dynamic, well-motivated and compassionate nurse with experience in cancer care to support the services provided by the cancer rehabilitation and wellbeing team

The role offers opportunities to develop your skills to become an autonomous and independent practitioner in an interesting and fast moving field of oncology.

This is an exciting time to join the team whilst we increase our nurse-led working to enhance the care for people with cancer.

The post holder will be part of the cancer rehabilitation and wellbeing team, working alongside the wider multidisciplinary team supporting patients diagnosed with cancer.

You will be able to undertake further professional development to support you in your future career progression.

We strongly encourage informal visits, email or telephone contact about the post.

Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) support people diagnosed with cancer by providing expert advice, psycho-social support and information on their disease, investigations, treatment and follow-up care.

The cancer rehabilitation and wellbeing team work alongside the site specific CNS team to enhance the services for these patients leading to improved cancer experience and outcomes.

The CNS team help to care for patients at all stages of their cancer journey and through a variety of treatments in a kind, compassionate manner. The team are committed to the development and delivery of high quality holistic patient care. They play an active part in clinical practice, management of patient caseload, education, research, audit and professional activities relating to cancer care.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Hogbin Job title: Macmillan Cancer Rehabilitation and Wellbeing Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07554778421

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