Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader Swindon

Job summary

This is a full time role for 37.5 hours/week.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist ready to take the next step into a leadership position, with opportunities to influence service development and drive innovation in breast cancer care. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse leader with a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to lead our Primary and Secondary Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist teams. You will have a key role in shaping the future of the breast cancer service, ensuring people affected by breast cancer receive exceptional support throughout their cancer pathway.

You will provide clinical leadership, professional guidance, and oversight for the specialist nursing teams. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain a clinical presence across the Trust, offering expert assessment, advice, and support to patients and carers.Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care for people affected by breast cancer.

Main duties of the job

The Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Team Leader (Band 7) will provide advanced clinical expertise and day-to-day leadership to the breast cancer specialist nursing teams at the Great Western Hospital. Working collaboratively with the oncologists, surgeons, Wiltshire Breast Screening team and wider multidisciplinary team supporting patients diagnosed with a breast cancer, the post holder will ensure the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred breast cancer service.

The Breast Cancer CNS teams deliver a proactive and responsive service, coordinating the breast cancer pathway from pre-diagnosis, through treatment, to living with and beyond cancer or palliative care. The post holder will act as a key worker for patients, providing expert clinical, psychological, and supportive care, while contributing to service improvement, clinical governance, and quality assurance in line with national guidance.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities

The Breast Cancer Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)Team Leader will lead the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams working alongside the oncologists, surgeons, Wiltshire Breast Screening team and wider multidisciplinary team supporting patients diagnosed with a breast cancer. The aim of the post is to enhance the patient quality of life when diagnosed with breast cancer, supporting the patient, families and carers.

The post holder will act as a key worker identifying the needs of this patient population using his/her expertise in clinical, knowledge and interpersonal skills to support the management of symptoms and treatments.

This will involve the provision of specialist advice and liaison with appropriate Health Care Professionals across all care settings and Breast Multidisciplinary teams in other Trusts. The CNS will be expected to deliver nurse-led clinics supporting patients with breast cancer.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 registered with NMC
• Speciality qualification at Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and experience (or working towards Masters)
• Teaching & Assessing qualification or equivalent experience
• Palliative care, Oncology &/or Breast specialist Qualifications
• Advanced Communication skills / Psychological level 2 training
• Demonstrate evidence of on-going continuous professional development

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• Working towards Master's qualification
• Non-Medical Prescribing or willingness to work towards

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Significant experience working at Band 6 working at a senior level
• Experience in palliative /oncology and /or breast care
• Experience of running nurse-led clinics
• Experience in developing and training staff
• Implementation of change to improve services/patient experience
• Evidence of involvement in Clinical Governance
• Health and Safety in relation to the speciality
• Ability to lead clinical audit
• Evidence of sound management and leadership experience

Desirable

• Has a varied clinical background
• Evidence of involvement in service users' advocacy and complaints resolution
• Risk Management & incident Investigation
• Project management experience

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Cancer Nurse

Vicky John

vicky.john@nhs.net

01793607235