Gynaecology Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Budgetary awareness
• Quality improvement
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Gynaecology/Head & Neck Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role at Epsom and St Helier.

The role will have a Trust wide focus and the post holder is expected to play a role in the safe delivery of an effective Gynaecology Cancer service that maximises patient experience and outcomes whilst ensuring the Trust is compliant with key national standards.

• The post holder will act as the keyworker to all suspected and diagnosed Gyanecology cancer patients – and using excellent communications skills, provide holistic patient-centred assessment and care.
• To provide psychological support and care, advice, information for patients and carers/families.
• Have the ability to work autonomously and independently but within a collaborative integrated team.
• Support the development and provision of the Head & Neck cancer nursing service, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, across the Trust.
• To act as a resource and to advise health and social care personnel on any aspects of patients’ therapeutic programmes of care