About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Dermatology Skin Cancer CNS to join our team.
We're looking for enthusiastic, committed and hardworking individuals who are eager to develop their skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
You will act as a keyworker for the patients diagnosed with skin cancer. Providing a link between patients and healthcare professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care and act as an advocate for patients and families.
You will continually develop, implement and evaluate the skin cancer service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and pd that their recommendations are disseminated to the MDT team.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will act as Keyworker for patients diagnosed with skin cancer providing a link between patients and health care professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care and act as an advocate for patients/families
The post-holder will continually develop, implement and evaluate the Skin Cancer Service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework
Be a clinical expert in skin cancer with excellent communication skills. The role requires the ability to work autonomously and independently but within an integrated collaborative team
Ensure that the users of the service are actively involved in the development of the service and that their recommendations are disseminated to the MDT and the Cancer Management Team ensuring appropriate actions are devised
Establish follow up nurse led clinics for newly diagnosed patients and skin cancer patients undergoing treatment
Ensure their role reflects the core components of the clinical nurse specialist which includes: clinical practice, management, organisation, education, research and audit, taking into account the national cancer agenda and its impact on service delivery.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications Essential
oRegistered General Nurse
Skills/ Abilities Essential
oAbility to work independently, but equally well as a team member
Desirable
oPrevious experience of working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist
Experience/ Knowledge Essential
oPrevious experience in skin cancer nursing
Desirable
oPrevious experience of running nurse led clinics
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)