UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist team. Under direction from the Lead UGI Cancer Nurse Specialist you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate expert nursing care and provide support to UGI and GIST cancer patients and their carers. The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the co-ordination and organisation of individual treatment programmes throughout the illness trajectory and work to develop communication across divisional and organisational boundaries.

Ø Provide specialist nursing advice and psychological support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

Ø Acts as a resource and contributes to the education and training of other healthcare professionals as required.

Ø Contribute to service development, audit and research projects and help develop educational packages as needed.

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Work as an integral part of the UGI cancer multidisciplinary team within both Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and across the tertiary centres. May be asked to support other cancer nursing specialist teams when necessary.

• Act as liaison with tertiary centres and UGI Cancer CNS’s to ensure smooth transition of care between centres.

• Assess, plan and implement and evaluate expert nursing care and provide support to patients and their carers. The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the co-ordination and organisation of individual treatment programmes throughout the illness trajectory and work to develop communication across divisional and organisational boundaries.

• Provide specialist nursing advice and psychological support to patients, carers, and health care professionals.

• Acts as a resource and contributes to the education and training of other health care professionals as required.

• Contributes to service development, audit and research projects and helps develops educational packages according to need of care.

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Act as keyworker to patients and relatives whilst undergoing cancer treatment at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

· Manages his/her own caseload of patients referred from MDT and Cancer Nurse Specialists in tertiary centers. Works closely with other members of the Multidisciplinary team.

· Provide expert advice to patients undergoing treatment for UGI cancer.

· Will work as part of the UGI Cancer Nurse Specialist Team, providing cross cover for other members of the Team as required to ensure continuity of cancer care is provided to all patients across the pathway.

Communicates highly sensitive and emotive condition related information to patients and relatives. E.g. terminal illness, bereavement
Assess new patients in the clinical area, identifying their psychological, physiological, emotional spiritual and cultural needs in relation to their disease and proposed treatment, providing a pathway of nursing care for the patient.
Act as patient advocate when relevant and be able to educate on all the treatment options to enable a patient to make an informed choice, negotiating with the medical team to agree a pathway of care.
Provide continuity of care throughout the patient’s journey and liaising across specialized areas ensuring that care is seamless between tertiary centres.
Contribute to the development of specialized programs of care and provide specialized advice, written and oral information to patients, relatives.
Provide clinical advice and support to health care professionals within and across organizational boundaries.
To formulate individualized patient treatment care programs in conjunction with the medical/nursing team considering
- Each patient is placed on the correct treatment protocol.
- Investigations and treatments are organized as needed.
Act as a role model.
To provide support for distressed patients / carers and bereaved relatives and identifying patients at risk and referring to appropriate agencies

· Initiates change in management of care.

Participate in case conferences in relation to future management or discharge arrangements.
Maintain accurate patient records and ensure all relevant information is documented in medical and nursing notes.
In collaboration with multidisciplinary team members assess the needs of patients, families and carer’s and provide specialist advice.
Assist with the development of a specialized nursing service provision.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

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