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Location

Chelsea, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

Following a review of our UGI straight to Test program we have created a new Band 7 CNS post. We are offering the opportunity for a dynamic senior nurse to join our existing team to be part of the continued development of our service.

The post holder will contribute to the on-going role in the development of the service for patients with suspected or confirmed UGI cancers. This will include developing protocols; setting up; and running a variety of nurse led clinics (STT/non-STT/New/Follow-up/Cancer/non-Cancer/Face to Face/Virtual/Telephone/or other) for assessment and follow up care. The post holder will be the key professional involved in leading the triage assessment service which includes vetting referrals, telephone assessments and requesting appropriate investigations on this assessment.

Candidates will need to have had experience working at band 6 level with a patient group relevant to this role.

Clinical Practice
1. To provide expert nursing advice to patients with suspected UGI malignancies over the phone or face to face where necessary.
2. To demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice.
3. To liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and support of individual patients including GPs.
4. To maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals.
5. To facilitate individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice.
6. To act as a liaison nurse between investigations until patient is diagnosed with cancer or referred back to GP.
7. To hold a variety of nurse led clinics, including the development of written protocols based on national standards, triaging or following up suspected UGI cancer patients, arranging investigations, reviewing results, diagnosing and referring back to a medical team as appropriate.
8. To refer patients diagnosed with UGI cancer for on-going support.
9. To work in close collaboration with all members of the MDT.
10. To provide professional clinical leadership and expertise to other nursing staff.
11. To work as part of the UGI Cancer Clinical Nurse specialist wider team, rotating responsibilities to ensure cover of the entire patient pathway including post diagnostic care and support.

About our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIVclinics.

We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Please see the job description attached to the advert for full details about the role, responsibilities and the organisation.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Feb 2024

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