Macmillan Haematology Cancer CNS Team Lead

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated senior nurse who is passionate about Haematological cancer to lead and develop the cross site Haematology Cancer CNS Team. This is a permanent Band 8a post at 37.5 hours per week. This is a Macmillan badged post with access to support and educational funding.

Applications for this post are invited from nurses who have had extensive experience in haematological cancer. We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking individual who is flexible, self-motivated, and reliable plus a good team player and leader. The successful candidate should have a degree and be willing to develop their academic and clinic practice. They should have excellent communication skills verbally and written. They will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines and transformative services.

The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic multi-disciplinary Haematology Cancer team who provide specialist advice, holistic care and support to patients, relatives and members of the health care teams. They will be required to lead, develop and evaluate the Haematology Cancer service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-disciplinary framework.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead and manage the Haematology Cancer CNS Nursing Teams cross-site on a daily basis, ensuring that the teams provide an excellent service to the Trust through evidence based practice, education, policy and guideline development.

The Post Holder will continually develop, implement and evaluate the Haematology Cancer Service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework

Lead developments in practice consistent with the patient care priorities set nationally and locally.

Development of new roles or service redesign will take place in line with best practice and evidence based care.

Develop and manage nurse led clinics to streamline the haematology cancer services to improve patient experience and develop effective pathways

Maintain a high profile in clinical practice, promoting clinical excellence, initiating learning opportunities and promoting effective learning environments in all ward areas and clinic areas

The postholder will be accountable for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within the relevant setting.

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.

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.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Provide leadership and support for the Haematology Cancer CNS Teams cross-site

Work autonomously and demonstrate advanced practice by managing a caseload of patients and demonstrate advanced practice in the holistic assessment

Lead the development of Personalised Care for haematology cancer patients which will include the further development of the Supported Self Management programme and play an active role in the delivery and design of ‘Moving On’ and Health & Wellbeing Events

Promote collaborative working relationships and effective communication between all members of the MDT to improve the management and outcomes of patients within the specialist area

Facilitate effective communication and co-ordinate referral of patients and carers to appropriate support services and community Trusts to promote a seamless service and thus reduce/avoid admissions and length of stay to the acute trust

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
• Degree in Nursing and working towards MSc
• Post Registration Oncology/Haematology qualification
• Leadership & Management qualification
• Advanced Communication Skills training
• Mentor Prep/Teaching & Assessing qualification
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development
• Advanced Physical Assessment skills or willing to complete
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Project Management qualification
• Non Medical Prescribing qualification
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Team Lead/Project Lead experience
• Experience working with cancer/haematology patients
• Experience of developing a new service/initiative
• Experience of working with Patient groups to improve services
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent Time Management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work at pace and deliver to timescales
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Report writing
• Awareness of the national cancer agenda
• Cancer clinical trials experience
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• IT skill- Proficient in use of IT systems
• Knowledge of Personalised Care Agenda for Haematology Cancer
• Knowledge of Haematology Cancer and its Treatments
• Good communication skills orally and written
• Knowledge of management and leadership models
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Budgetary Management knowledge
• Leading a project
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

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.

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