About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, to join a nursing team delivering care to patients with a skin cancer diagnosis. This is an interesting and varied post involving face to face and telephone care, management of patients with skin cancer including being there at diagnosis to support and supporting them through their journey. Your skills and knowledge should also enable you to undertake nurse led follow up clinics of patients with a skin cancer diagnosis, under the care of a doctor. At Band 6 entry level you will have support from the existing Lead Skin Cancer Nurses and the wider nursing team . Regular in-house teaching and appropriate external conferences also support essential knowledge in this fast moving field. Personal attributes you will need are excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail even when working under pressure. You must also be proactive and motivated to learn this specialist field to high standard and deliver high-quality, safe, evidence based and compassionate patient care, with excellent organisational skills and be computer literate.
Main duties of the job
Communication & Relationship Skills
The post holder will be required to
Running follow-up clinics Providing education and counselling to patient, carers ad their families Attending MDT meetings Working alongside and liaising with the Multidisciplinary team Answering the phone and triaging calls Supporting patients face to face and by telephone Ensuring timely care for patients Fulfil the role of key worker Advanced communication skills Utilise Skin clinical skills Teach and empower other health care professionals Active member of Skin cancer patient multi-disciplinary team Implement and contribute to the writing of standard operational policies and attend governance meetings Remain responsible for producing and updating patient information Respond to departmental on-going developments Work unsupervised but managed Remain responsible for self and delegated tasks Recognise when help and guidance is required Participate in research and clinical trials Instigate nursing audit / research Supportive of all Skin nursing roles Commit to educational programs required to fulfil succession planning departmental objectives
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Areas/Tasks
Personal/Professional Development
To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve your professional knowledge and competence
To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trusts appraisal process.
Health and Safety
To take reasonable care for your own Health and Safety and that of any other person who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work.
To co-operate with University Hospitals of North Midlands (NHS) Trust in ensuring that statutory regulations, codes of practice, local policies and departmental health and safety rules are adhered to.
To comply and adhere to individual and role specific responsibilities as stated in the Trust Health and Safety Policy (HS01) and all other Health and Safety related policies.
Equality and Diversity
UHNM is committed to the implementation of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Which ensures equal opportunities for all. UHNM is also committed to embracing diversity
and eliminating discrimination in both its role as an employer and as a provider of services.
It aims to create a culture that respects and values each others differences, promotes
dignity, equality and diversity and encourages individuals to develop and maximise their
potential. All staff are required to observe this policy in their behaviour to other workers and
patients/service users
Infection Prevention
Infection Prevention is the obligation of every employee both clinical and non-clinical at the University Hospitals North Midlands NHS Trust. Driving down healthcare associated infection is everyones responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Trusts Infection Prevention policy
All staff employed by the UHNM Trust have the following responsibilities:
Trust Dress Code
Trust approved uniform/dress code must be adhered to
When in clinical areas all staff must be bare below the elbow, without wrist watches, stoned rings, wrist jewellery, false nails, nail polish or plaster casts
No personal bags to be worn during clinical duties
Hand Hygiene
Decontaminate your hands as the per The five moments of hand hygiene
Own Practice
Lead by example
Encourage and praise good practice
Be prepared to accept advice about your own practice
Decontamination
Ensure that equipment you have been using or about to use has been decontaminated effectively
Ensure that you are aware of the Trust approved cleaning products, and follow a safe system of works
Trust Policies
Ensure that you know and strictly follow relevant Infection Prevention policies for your role and apply standard precautions at all times, which is available in the Infection Prevention Manual on the UHNM intranet
Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the NHS Code of Confidentiality
All staff are responsible for ensuring they are familiar with and adhere to the Trusts policies, procedures and guidelines with regards to the Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the NHS Code of Confidentiality. This includes confidentiality, information security, cyber security, secondary use and management of records.
Staff have a responsibility in protecting the rights and freedom of natural persons (i.e. live individuals) and to ensure that personal data is not processed without their knowledge, and, wherever possible, that it is processed with their consent. Processing includes holding, obtaining, recording, using and disclosing of information and applies to all forms of media, including paper and images. It applies to both patient and staff information
Hence staff must ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times, data is recorded accurately and you only access this information as part of your job role
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults with care and support needs
All staff are responsible for ensuring that they are familiar with and adhere to the Trusts Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and guidelines. All health professionals who come into contact with children, parents, adults with care and support needs and carers in the course of their work have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare as directed by the Children Acts 1989/2004 and the Care Act 2014. Health professionals also have a responsibility even when the health professional does not work directly with a child or adult with care and support needs but may be seeing their parent, carer or other significant adult.
All staff are required to attend safeguarding awareness training and undertake any additional training in relation to safeguarding relevant to their role.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list and may be subject to change from time to time. All documents referred to throughout this Job Description can be found on the Trusts intranet, or alternatively copies can be obtained from the Human Resources Directorate
Sustainability
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility are fundamental to the way the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) work. The Trust has developed a Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP): Our 2020 Vision: Our Sustainable Future with a vision to become the most sustainable NHS Trust by 2020. In order to achieve this, we need the support of all staff. As a member of staff, it is your responsibility to minimise the Trusts environmental impact and to ensure that Trust resources are used efficiently with minimum wastage throughout daily activities. This will include minimising waste production through printing and photocopying less, reducing water waste and when waste is produced, it is your responsibility to segregate all clinical waste correctly and recycle. Switch off lights and equipment when not in use, report all faults and heating / cooling concerns promptly to the Estates Helpdesk and where possible minimise business travel. Where the role includes the ordering and use of supplies or equipment the post holder will consider the environmental impact of purchases.
SWITCH to a Sustainable UHNM is a campaign that focuses on the sustainability of the Trust and how we can use resources more effectively to provide better patient care, improve our health and work place. SWITCH is looking to recruit as many Champions as possible to help to bring the campaign to colleagues in their departments / wards and bring SWITCH to life. If you are interested in becoming a SWITCH Champion please contact [email protected]
Disruptive Incident & Business Continuity
The Trust needs to be able to plan for, and respond to a wide range of incidents and emergencies that could affect health or patient care. These could be anything from severe weather to an infectious disease outbreak or a major transport accident.
All staff are required to have an awareness of the Trusts business continuity arrangements, as a minimum. All staff will be required to;
To know how to identify a business continuity incident and the method for reporting;
To have an awareness of local business continuity arrangements;
To participate in awareness, training and exercises, as required;
In the event of a disruptive incident, all Trust employees will be required to attend work if they are fit and well and able to do so in line with a Trust risk assessment. Those who are clinically qualified will be required to work flexibly across the Trust to meet the service need in clinical areas. This will include front line clinical staff who will be expected to cover alternative duties as and when required in order to ensure that all essential services are maintained.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
NMC registration Minimum of 3 years Post registration experience in a relevant area
Desirable
Previous Oncology experience Degree level further education
Desirable Essential
Advanced communication skills Team working
Desirable
Previous project work Previous leadership experience
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 University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address University Hospital of North Midlands
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)