About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and supportive Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working across our sites in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
This developmental post is suitable for an experienced nurse looking to progress into a specialist role or an established CNS seeking further development. Appointment will be made at Band 6 or Band 7 depending on experience and competency, with a structured development programme available to support progression.
As part of our forward-thinking service, you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide expert clinical support throughout the patient pathway, helping to ensure timely diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of patients with prostate cancer.
Why Join Us?Opportunity to develop into an advanced specialist role.Structured Band 6 to Band 7 development pathway.Work within a supportive and experienced CNS team.Involvement in innovative prostate cancer pathways and diagnostics.Excellent professional development and educational opportunities.
Main duties of the job
o Working autonomously to provide specialist care and support for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, ensuring care is delivered in line with national and local standards.o Triaging suspected prostate cancer referrals within the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) pathway and supporting the straight-to-test service.o Acting as a patient key worker and supporting nurse-led new diagnosis results clinics.o Managing a caseload of patients with locally advanced prostate cancer.o Supporting the delivery of a seven-day service, where applicable, and participating in service development initiatives.o Working collaboratively with the wider urology nursing team, multidisciplinary team (MDT), cancer services and specialist palliative care teams to ensure seamless patient care.o High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of the patients experience of care when referred from clinical oncology or urology.o Assess, plan, and implement any change in treatments, investigations, or onward referrals as necessary. Dependant on disease progression or related side effects.o Exercise clinical judgement relating to individuals complex care needs, including those where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills, comparing a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.o Specialised clinical practice, knowledge, skills, and experience.o Leading by example
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Evidence of management skills within current banding
Interest in field of prostate cancer Essential
Evidence of reading around specialism
Desirable
Working within field of prostate cancer as a band 6
Qualified Nurse Essential
Achieved entry to NMC register and studied at degree level or equivalent qualification
Managing own workload Essential
Evidence of managing own workload, and participation in service redesigns.
Understanding the role of a clinical nurse specialist Essential
Shows understanding of the core skills of a CNS
Desirable
Can demonstrate autonomous practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hampshire Hospitals
Aldermaston Road Basingstoke
Basingstoke
RG24 9NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)