Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
Job Description
Job summary
Job Description Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist Nuffield Health St Barts | Cancer Services | Permanent | Full Time Salary: based on experience. 37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
As a Breast Cancer CNS, you will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that patients with breast cancer receive the highest standard of evidence-based care and support from the time of diagnosis and throughout the cancer pathway.
About us
Nuffield Health Barts Hospital We've opened the doors to Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital: The City of London's only independent hospital, situated next to St Bartholomew's NHS hospital. This is our flagship center for cardiac services and will also provide a full range of surgical and medical services, including: orthopaedics, oncology, general surgery, genecology and urology services. Our hospital consists of 55 beds, including 7 Specialist intensive care beds, four of the most advanced digital operating theatres and Endoscopy and minor ops theatre. With 28 consultation rooms. Cardiac catheterisation lab, Oncology Day unit and full diagnostic imaging suite including MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography and general X-ray.
Job responsibilities
Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist Nuffield Health St Barts | Cancer Services | Permanent | Full Time Salary: based on experience. 37.5 hours per week Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual to join our Cancer team as a Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). As a Breast Cancer CNS, you will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that patients with breast cancer receive the highest standard of evidence-based care and support from the time of diagnosis and throughout the cancer pathway. You will work autonomously with an extended and advanced scope of practice, providing clinical leadership and specialist knowledge and skills that enable the delivery of the highest quality, patient care: care that is patient-centred, evidence- based, brand-defining and innovative; delivered in line with organisational, regulatory and governance requirements. You will manage your own clinical caseload taking a holistic approach towards care management and delivery, solving complex care dilemmas with dynamic and innovative solutions and leading and developing the service in line with own specialist knowledge and expertise. Who we are looking for: Educational Qualifications - Essential:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered clinical practitioner with the appropriate governing body.
- A degree / equivalent qualification or proven post-registration/post-qualification experience in own specialist area.
- Advanced Communication course.
Experience
Essential
- Specialist, senior level, post-registration experience gained through formal training required to meet registration requirements.
- Demonstrable specialist experience as a Subject Matter Expert.
- Leadership/management experience.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Nuffield Health
Address
West Smithfield London London EC1A 7BS
City of London
EC1A 7BS
