Skin/Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sarcoma and Skin cancer nurse specialist to join our supportive team, working alongside the existing Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist to further develop the service at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Sarcoma/Skin Cancer Nurse Specialist is a pivotal role within the Sarcoma/Skin cancer team and the post holder is responsible for providing appropriate highly specialist advice, support and education to patients, their families/carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust.
You should possess excellent communication skills, be highly motivated and ideally have a back ground in plastic surgery/surgery or oncology nursing.
The post holder will be the first point of contact for patients and all members of the multi professional team who have need to access the specialist service. They will act as the patient’s keyworker to implement and co-ordinate programmes of holistic care at all stages of the patient’s pathway from diagnosis, pre-operative support and advice for patients on a surgical pathway through treatment to discharge or end of life care. They will utilise the available resources available within the trust to support the patients including the psychological support team, palliative care team, information services and living and beyond cancer team as appropriate.
As an integral member of the CNS team, the post holder will work autonomously and be able to influence patient care through development of specialist skills, knowledge and experience by the maintenance and development of nurse led initiatives.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached job description and person specification.
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Please refer the Job description for details