Job summary
The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) functions within a field of practice that focuses on the needs of the patient and encompasses interaction with others in delivering nursing, health and social care.
The CNS promotes excellence in nursing practice through the integration of expert clinical practice, education, consultancy, acting as a resource and commitment to nursing research.
We’re looking for 2x enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking, experienced Clinical Nurse Specialists, 1x West Middlesex Hospital and 1x Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the on-going role in the development of the service for patients with Gynaecological cancer. This will include developing protocols; setting up; and running a nurse led clinics (face to face/Virtual/telephone) for follow up care which will include advanced assessment skills. The post holder will be the key professional involved in supporting and counselling a caseload of patients and their families through the entire cancer journey and specifically around the time of the cancer diagnosis and surgery and following cancer specific treatments. The post holder will also participate in the education of all disciplines of staff working with this patient group and act as an expert resource to other professionals involved in the care of these patients. The post holder will work to ensure that cancer specific guidelines are adhered to and Department of Health standards are maintained.
Provide expert advice to nursing and medical colleagues at all levels regarding the management of gynaecological cancers.
- To assist in the provision of professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of gynaecology patients acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
- To lead and contribute to the formulation of patient information.
- To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team so as to achieve a synchronised specialist service across both sites.
About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Expert Clinical Practice/Leadership
- To provide expert nursing advice to patients Gynaecological malignancies and their families throughout the course of their illness from diagnosis, assessing their needs and providing information as required.
- To demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice.
- To liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and support of individual patients including GPs.
- To maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals
- To facilitate individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice.
- To act as a liaison nurse between inpatient, outpatient and home care, referring on to community support agencies when required.
- To hold a nurse led clinics for the delivery living with and beyond cancer agenda.
- To offer advice and support on pain and symptom control liaising with the Specialist palliative care team, and make appropriate referrals to the chronic pain service.
- To assess individual patients psychosocial and spiritual needs and refer for appropriate counselling or to other agencies.
- To work in close collaboration with colleagues in the Womens, Neonatal, Children and Young People, HIV/GUM, and Dermatology Division.
- To work in close collaboration with the cancer and palliative care team.
- To counsel the family of patients with Gynae cancer, referring to the appropriate genetic service as required.
- To provide professional clinical leadership and expertise to other nursing staff.
- To help co-ordinate and weekly multi-professional meetings for Gynae cancer patients to achieve high standards of MDT working and assist with the compliance and evidence for servicers reviews.
- To provide expert nursing advice to primary care teams on managing patients with colorectal malignancies.
- Responsible for working with the team to implement the recovery package for Gynae Oncology patients including completing of HNAs assisting with health and well-being events and treatment summaries where appropriate.
Education / Leadership
- To promote patient/carer independence through the provision of relevant teaching and support.
- To participate in and organise study days/education programmes to raise awareness of the holistic needs of patients.
- To develop resource and teaching packs for use by patients and/or staff in the clinical and educational setting.
- To ensure the provision of appropriate written information is available to patients and staff.
- To participate in the Trusts on-going educational programmes.
- To evaluate the need for patient support groups within the Trust.
- Liaise with other charities, organisations and agencies dedicated to colorectal cancer ensuring patients, their families and carers are informed of the availability of existing support services.
- Provide expert clinical advice, education and training to support the nursing and trainee staff.
- Develop and update educational programmes for staff, patients and their relatives.
Research/Audit/ Quality
- To utilise up-to-date research findings in the delivery of patient care and to disseminate this knowledge to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To participate as appropriate in relevant research studies and audit findings and disseminate these findings to clinical practice as appropriate in order to develop best practice.
- To identify opportunities for nursing research within own specialist area and carry out nursing research appropriate to the speciality.
- To regularly audit service including eliciting the views of patients, carers and professionals ensuring patient feedback is incorporated into developments in the service.
- To attend relevant departmental and Directorate and network meetings relating to clinical governance and to contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
Management
- To liaise with other members of the team to ensure that there is an efficient use of resources, human, financial and time.
- To ensure that there is a safe and acceptable environment for clients/patient.
- To act as a patient/staff advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.
Personal Development
- To maintain own expert level of competence.
- To participate in Annual review with the Clinical Nurse Leads
- To critically reflect on own performance through clinical supervision, coaching or mentoring.
- To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and all Trust Guidelines.
- To continue own personal development through the pursuit of relevant professional and academic study.
- Participate in Annual job planning
- Prepare for NMC revalidation Collaboration/Consultancy
- To work in a collaborative manner with all members of the multidisciplinary team recognising the unique contribution of other disciplines and appropriately referring.
- To recognise own limitations and seek advice and support on referrals.
- To act as a resource within the Trust and to participate in Trust-wide professional groups as appropriate.
- To represent the Trust locally and nationally, participating in and speaking at conferences.
- To work in a collaborative manner with local primary care teams.
- To act as a resource to primary care teams, attending meetings organised by RM partners or other agencies as appropriate.
- To provide specialist advice and support related to the purchasing and commissioning of resources/services.
- To act in an advisory/ collaborative role with senior management in issues in relation to the specialty.
- To act as a specialist resource for the management of patients.
Communication
- Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
- Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Expert Clinical Practice/Leadership
- To provide expert nursing advice to patients Gynaecological malignancies and their families throughout the course of their illness from diagnosis, assessing their needs and providing information as required.
- To demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice.
- To liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and support of individual patients including GPs.
- To maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals
- To facilitate individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice.
- To act as a liaison nurse between inpatient, outpatient and home care, referring on to community support agencies when required.
- To hold a nurse led clinics for the delivery living with and beyond cancer agenda.
- To offer advice and support on pain and symptom control liaising with the Specialist palliative care team, and make appropriate referrals to the chronic pain service.
- To assess individual patients psychosocial and spiritual needs and refer for appropriate counselling or to other agencies.
- To work in close collaboration with colleagues in the Womens, Neonatal, Children and Young People, HIV/GUM, and Dermatology Division.
- To work in close collaboration with the cancer and palliative care team.
- To counsel the family of patients with Gynae cancer, referring to the appropriate genetic service as required.
- To provide professional clinical leadership and expertise to other nursing staff.
- To help co-ordinate and weekly multi-professional meetings for Gynae cancer patients to achieve high standards of MDT working and assist with the compliance and evidence for servicers reviews.
- To provide expert nursing advice to primary care teams on managing patients with colorectal malignancies.
- Responsible for working with the team to implement the recovery package for Gynae Oncology patients including completing of HNAs assisting with health and well-being events and treatment summaries where appropriate.
Education / Leadership
- To promote patient/carer independence through the provision of relevant teaching and support.
- To participate in and organise study days/education programmes to raise awareness of the holistic needs of patients.
- To develop resource and teaching packs for use by patients and/or staff in the clinical and educational setting.
- To ensure the provision of appropriate written information is available to patients and staff.
- To participate in the Trusts on-going educational programmes.
- To evaluate the need for patient support groups within the Trust.
- Liaise with other charities, organisations and agencies dedicated to colorectal cancer ensuring patients, their families and carers are informed of the availability of existing support services.
- Provide expert clinical advice, education and training to support the nursing and trainee staff.
- Develop and update educational programmes for staff, patients and their relatives.
Research/Audit/ Quality
- To utilise up-to-date research findings in the delivery of patient care and to disseminate this knowledge to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To participate as appropriate in relevant research studies and audit findings and disseminate these findings to clinical practice as appropriate in order to develop best practice.
- To identify opportunities for nursing research within own specialist area and carry out nursing research appropriate to the speciality.
- To regularly audit service including eliciting the views of patients, carers and professionals ensuring patient feedback is incorporated into developments in the service.
- To attend relevant departmental and Directorate and network meetings relating to clinical governance and to contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
Management
- To liaise with other members of the team to ensure that there is an efficient use of resources, human, financial and time.
- To ensure that there is a safe and acceptable environment for clients/patient.
- To act as a patient/staff advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.
Personal Development
- To maintain own expert level of competence.
- To participate in Annual review with the Clinical Nurse Leads
- To critically reflect on own performance through clinical supervision, coaching or mentoring.
- To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and all Trust Guidelines.
- To continue own personal development through the pursuit of relevant professional and academic study.
- Participate in Annual job planning
- Prepare for NMC revalidation Collaboration/Consultancy
- To work in a collaborative manner with all members of the multidisciplinary team recognising the unique contribution of other disciplines and appropriately referring.
- To recognise own limitations and seek advice and support on referrals.
- To act as a resource within the Trust and to participate in Trust-wide professional groups as appropriate.
- To represent the Trust locally and nationally, participating in and speaking at conferences.
- To work in a collaborative manner with local primary care teams.
- To act as a resource to primary care teams, attending meetings organised by RM partners or other agencies as appropriate.
- To provide specialist advice and support related to the purchasing and commissioning of resources/services.
- To act in an advisory/ collaborative role with senior management in issues in relation to the specialty.
- To act as a specialist resource for the management of patients.
Communication
- Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
- Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Degree level education
- Post registration education in relevant speciality
- Teaching qualification
- Experience of working with patients with Gynaecological Cancers
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills course or equivalent
- Master degree
- Experience of Gynaecological surgery.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Degree level education
- Post registration education in relevant speciality
- Teaching qualification
- Experience of working with patients with Gynaecological Cancers
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills course or equivalent
- Master degree
- Experience of Gynaecological surgery.
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
