Secondary Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

The Frimley Health Foundation Trust Breast Cancer team are looking for an experienced, dynamic nurse, who is passionate about the patient experience and the delivery of quality, patient-focused care, to join our team as a Band 7 Secondary Clinical Nurse Specialist, on a full time, permanent basis.
The post will be mainly based at Frimley Park Hospital and the post holder will also be required to support the FHFT service at St Luke’s Cancer Centre, Guildford, one day per week.
The post involves acting as a keyworker and advocate to patients diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, providing support and information throughout their cancer pathway, as well as participation in service development.
Successful candidates will be experienced nurses, with previous clinical specialism in breast oncology, at Band 6 minimum. Ideally candidates would also have some SACT and/or palliative care knowledge and experience in managing patients with advancing disease. Advanced communications skills are essential.

Frimley Health is committed to the training and development of all staff, with opportunities to attend specialist courses and conferences, to develop in your role. Monthly clinical supervision is also provided, to promote health and wellbeing.

• You will work autonomously, managing the caseload of secondary breast patients, but within and supported by an established and collaborative team of Breast Clinical Nurse Specialists.
• You will provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of patients with secondary breast cancer, acting as a specialist resource to provide advocacy, information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• You will liaise effectively with all key members of the multidisciplinary team, so as to achieve a synchronised specialist service, within a multi-professional framework.
• You will work across primary, secondary, tertiary and community care settings, in the planning and delivery of services that support people with a diagnosis of secondary breast cancer.
• You will also liaise with colleagues external to the Trust, within the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance and National Networks, in the interests of service improvement and development.
• You will take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge which supports nursing practice within the Breast cancer care.
• To provide informal and formal teaching, e.g., academic courses provided by the Trust.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
To be a point of contact/key worker for patients diagnosed with a breast malignancy at pre-diagnosis, during treatment, in the follow up period and when metastatic disease is diagnosed whether face to face or via the telephone
Utilise advanced communication and counselling skills when discussing diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options for metastatic breast cancer with sensitivity and expertise
Work autonomously and demonstrate advanced practice by managing a caseload of patients and demonstrate advanced practice in the holistic assessment, physical assessment and non-medical prescribing and evaluation of care promoting the philosophy of person-centred care for patients
Implement and manage telemedicine clinics and outpatient nurse led clinics which will include Enhanced Supportive Care clinics
To be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care and contribute to clinical audit
To provide psychological support and symptom control for patients diagnosed with both early and advanced breast cancer in a clinic, ward setting and telephone support
Use patient feedback to develop relevant support structure including support groups
Visit thein-patient ward areas including ED/AAU and review patients, where appropriate, providing guidance and information relevant to their care
Provide specialist, expanded roles of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures where necessary
Provide specialist advice to support ward staff when patients are admitted ensuring all medical and nursing needs are understood and carried out in accordance with Trust standards and policies
Act as a leader, advisor and role model to less experienced nurses, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated
Work collaboratively with the Acute Oncology Team, the Cancer Navigators/Support Workers and the Specialist Palliative Care team to enhance patient care and management.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description

• You will work autonomously, managing the caseload of secondary breast patients, but within and supported by an established and collaborative team of Breast Clinical Nurse Specialists.
• You will provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of patients with secondary breast cancer, acting as a specialist resource to provide advocacy, information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• You will liaise effectively with all key members of the multidisciplinary team, so as to achieve a synchronised specialist service, within a multi-professional framework.
• You will work across primary, secondary, tertiary and community care settings, in the planning and delivery of services that support people with a diagnosis of secondary breast cancer.
• You will also liaise with colleagues external to the Trust, within the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance and National Networks, in the interests of service improvement and development.
• You will take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge which supports nursing practice within the Breast cancer care.
• To provide informal and formal teaching, e.g., academic courses provided by the Trust