Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lymphoma in Liverpool

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Lymphoma team at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Haemato-oncology as a full-time post (Monday - Friday). The post holder will provide specialist advice and support to patients and their carers throughout their care pathway, as well as providing education and support to staff throughout the trust. The post holder will support the consultant team as well as delivering nurse-led services for patients with haemato-oncology. This role is currently based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool, with a clinic in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree.

You should possess advanced clinical skills, be an excellent communicator, leader and educator, and be highly motivated to lead and deliver a service. A background in cancer nursing is ideal, recent experience in working within the speciality of haemato-oncology would be essential.

Main duties of the job:

• Leads the development of patient-focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
• Be an active part in attending case conferences, SRGs and MDTs as required.
• Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views.
• Takes personal responsibility for lifelong learning and personal development through clinical supervision, appraisal and maintaining compliance with Trust mandatory training.

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.

Person specification:

• Qualifications:
• Registered General Nurse
• Degree in healthcare related subject
• Evidence of Masters level learning
• Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject.
• Advanced Communications Skills training or prepared to work towards
• Psychological skills training - Level 2 or above
• MSc Clinical Examination
• MSc Research qualification

• Experience:
• Relevant post registration experience, in cancer, palliative care or the speciality.
• Experience of teaching
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of multi-professional working
• Evidence of advanced communications skills
• Ability to lead and influence change
• HNA training and undertaking eHNA
• Experience of writing policies and procedures
• Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
• Experience of audit and research
• Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK.

• Knowledge and Expertise:
• In-depth understanding of evidence-based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
• Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field
• Evidence of continued professional development

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.

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.