Breast Care Nurse

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

The Breast Unit has an opportunity for a nurse to join our established team of specialist dedicated Breast Care Nurses.
This is a very busy unit. The team work within both the National Breast Screening service and the TeesWide symptomatic service providing specialist breast care services, advice, guidance and treatment for patients within the service.
A Breast Care Nurse acts as a resource to facilitate and co-ordinate the holistic care and treatment of patients referred to the breast service and will work within a multidisciplinary team of nurses, surgeons, radiologists, radiographers, oncologists and pathologists. They provide physical & psychological care to patients & carers from diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and they act as an information resource to patients, carers and other health professionals.
The breast care nurse also care for patients with benign breast disease, those referred with family history of breast cancer or who are at high risk of developing breast cancer and those referred for reconstructive breast surgery.
Training may be considered for this post. If training is required, the salary will reflect the training need and will be aligned to AFC band 5.
The post holder would be based at University Hospital North Tees and would work across all sites as required by the service .
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
The most important role of the breast care nurse is to support, inform, advise and act as a patient advocate for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer and their families under supervision of the Lead Breast Care Nurse

Please refer the Job description for details