Gynaecology Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

The postholder will be responsible for leading the nursing service for patients with a Gynaecological Cancer. They will play a lead role in the implementation of the Best Practice Timed Pathway for patients with a suspected gynaecological cancer.
In this position you will have a key leadership role as a senior nurse within a multi-professional team, providing specialist care and support to patients and carers throughout their cancer pathway and beyond. You will be responsible for working collaboratively with a range of healthcare professional and agencies, providing expert advice and support, to ensure the delivery of high quality and efficient services to meet the cancer priorities of the organisation and the national agenda. [
The post holder will have a key leadership role as a senior nurse in the team to provide support to patients through their cancer pathway. As part of this role you will provide the patient, their families and other healthcare professionals with expert advice and support and is responsible for working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and agencies to ensure high quality care.
This role requires you to maintain professional standards, act as a role model and provide accessible professional leadership at all times. You will be expected to provide education & training to colleagues pertinent to the role and ensure they maintain their own professional development. The role will include some management and strategic responsibilities in addition to report writing, data collection, audit and service development opportunities
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required . These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Please refer the Job description for details