Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist - Neurology Services in Liverpool

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse to join our Neuro-Oncology team as a Band 6 Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). The successful applicant will benefit from a structured 18-month development programme, receiving comprehensive training, clinical supervision, and dedicated support to develop the specialist knowledge and skills required for advanced practice in Neuro-Oncology. Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while building expertise in the assessment, management, and support of patients with neurological conditions. On successful completion of the development programme and achievement of the agreed competencies, the postholder will automatically progress to a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist role, providing an excellent career pathway for nurses aspiring to specialist and advanced practice. This is a unique opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and forward-thinking service committed to professional growth and excellence in patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Under the supervision of the CNS, use their professional and clinical skills, to act as a resource and advocate for patients within their specialty.
• Act as a keyworker and support the co-ordination of patient care along the treatment pathway.
• Work as a core member of the MDT supporting the cancer pathway to improve the patient experience.
• Play a key role in the development and co-ordination of services with the aim of optimising patient care.
• Deliver evidence based individualised patient care according to patient’s changing health care needs, through holistic needs assessment (HNA).

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man. Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do. Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of role and main responsibilities.

Person specification

• Qualifications
• Registered General Nurse
• Degree in healthcare related subject
• Accredited learning or mentoring certificate
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Psychological skills training - Level 2
• Advanced Communications Skills Training
• Level 7 qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant clinical subject
• Knowledge and Expertise
• Knowledge of current management pathways relating to specialty
• Knowledge of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK
• Experience
• Relevant post registration experience, in cancer, palliative care or the specialty
• Experience of multi-professional working
• Experience of independent practice
• HNA training and undertaking eHNA
• Experience of writing policies and procedures
• Experience of audit and research

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or ccf-tr.recruitment@nhs.net. All interviews will be undertaken in person unless extraordinary circumstances apply. If you do not receive confirmation that you have been shortlisted for interview, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. It is with regret that we are unable to provide feedback to all non-shortlisted candidates.

The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service. Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk. The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'. We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks such as Ethnic Diversity Staff Network, LGBTQ+ Staff Network, Armed Forces Staff Network, MAPLE Staff Network & Menopause Support Group. The Trust does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment and has firmed up processes for reporting this, including a dedicated Freedom To Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian.