RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a specialist nursing service for service users with a diagnosis of cancer who require support and treatment through the continuum of care
• Undertake comprehensive service user assessment to include physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements of care using best evidence-based practice in cancer care
• Identify, agree and document appropriate referral pathways for Haematology/ Oncology patients who are experiencing a disease or treatment related complication
• Participate in service user case reviews with MDT colleagues
• Communicate, negotiate and represent service user, family and/or carer values and decisions in relation to their condition to MDT colleagues in both Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate
• Develop and support the concept of advocacy, particularly in relation to service user participation in decision making, thereby enabling informed choice of treatment options
• Maintain clinical competence in service user management within Acute Haematology Oncology nursing, keeping up-to-date with relevant research to ensure the implementation of evidence based practice.
• Provide the service user, family and/or carer with appropriate information, education and other supportive interventions to increase their knowledge, skill and confidence and autonomy in managing their Haematology Oncology condition.
• Contribute to the design, development and implementation of education programmes and resources for the service user, family and/or carer in relation to Haematology Oncology to enable them to manage their own condition.
• Establish and maintain a register of service user with Acute Haematology Oncology quality metrics within the CNS Caseload.
• Maintain a record of clinically relevant data aligned to National Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) as directed and advised by the DON in conjunction with the senior clinical decision maker.
• Identify, initiate and conduct nursing audit and research relevant to the area of practice and take part in MDT audit and research.
• Collate data (insert agreed KPIs/clinical targets) which will provide evidence of the effectiveness of the CNS interventions. Refer to National KPIs associated with the specialty. KPI’s should have a clinical nursing/midwifery focus as well as a breakdown of activity - patients seen and treated.