Band 7 Kidney Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Applications are invited for a Kidney Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our well-established nursing team. Due to the expansion of the service, this full-time position has become available for a dynamic and motivated CNS to join the team to deliver specialist kidney cancer nursing to patients under the care of the specialist kidney cancer centre. The appointees will play a key role in delivering world class care for patients undergoing surgery for kidney cancer and benign disease. Working with the existing clinical team to provide excellent clinical care and education. This post will also cover surgical care for patients with benign kidney disease.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated individual with an interest in Surgical Kidney Cancer Nursing. You will have a strong clinical background in urology/surgical nursing; experience of working with surgery or cancer patients would be desirable. You will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Renal Cancer and the very experienced CNS team who will support you to deliver expert nursing care. You will lead with high visibility and possess a natural personal resilience to promote a positive work culture for high staff engagement and performance. You will support delivery of our world class values to improve patient experience. This post will provide excellent career opportunities in research, innovation and service improvement.

This role is to facilitate the provision of high-quality specialist nursing care to patients with kidney cancers and benign disease throughout the patients' surgical pathway. The role will include the provision of advice, counselling & supportive care to patients & their families. The primary focus is to ensure patients are fully diagnosed, counselled regarding treatment & to deliver ongoing care following treatment, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary teams in acute care & in close liaison with the Primary Care providers.

You will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to kidney cancer as part of the specialist kidney cancer service. Also to liaise with their peers across the Trust, the directorate management team and appropriate corporate directorates & teams.

The RFL Specialist Centre for Kidney Cancer was formally commissioned in July 2019. The Specialist Centre for Kidney Cancer is located at Royal Free Hospital and serves the population of North Central and North-East London as well as taking referrals from Wales. It is currently the largest surgical centre for kidney cancer in Europe. We are seeking to recruit an exceptional individual with vision and passion to support the development of the specialist nursing service. This is a full-time contract and ideal for an existing CNS to move to a new speciality or a nurse wishing to develop their experience as a clinical nurse specialist.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Royal Free World Class Values: Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.

• Qualifications: RGN, Relevant first degree and/or working towards a Master’s Degree or evidence of ongoing relevant courses associated with specialty.
• Advanced Communication skills/course
• Advanced assessment skills/course.
• Experience: Recent experience in urological or surgical nursing at band 6.
• Experience in collection and analysis of patient experience data.
• Experience in teaching multidisciplinary staff.
• Experience in providing independent nurse led clinics.
• Experience of working with patient support.
• Experience of working within research.

• Evidence of participation in audit and the promotion of evidence-based practice.
• Understanding of the role competencies of the post being aware of own boundaries and other members of health care team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstration of knowledge of strategic and national issues pertinent to nursing and area of specialty.
• Ability to be self-directed but also participate as a team member.
• Able to contribute to policies and clinical protocols.
• Understanding of clinical risk, clinical governance and national benchmark.
• Understanding of national framework.

• Flexible approach to work.
• Computer Literacy.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship, and these will be considered alongside all other applications.

Informal visits are welcomed and encouraged.