Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-25-T0125
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cheltenham General Hospital
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/03/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist Enhanced Supportive Care, Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Clinical Nurse Specialist Enhanced Supportive Care, Band 6 (30 hours a week)
We are looking for an enthusiastic registered nurse to join the Enhanced Supportive Care Service, within the Specialist Palliative Care Service, to provide early palliative care support to patients with incurable malignancy and to provide continuity of ongoing care. The post holder will promote a proactive and joint approach to the care of patients who have cancer and those who are important to them.
Evidence demonstrates the huge benefits for patients who receive early palliative care.
The proposed interview date is: 10th March
Main duties of the job
- To work effectively as an autonomous practitioner with a multidisciplinary enhanced supportive care and specialist palliative care team, promoting and maintaining quality of life for patients with cancer.
- To provide specialist clinical knowledge in the assessment and management of complex symptom and psychological problems.
- To establish and maintain effective communication relating to complex, sensitive and potentially stressful situations on a regular basis. Breaking bad news with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals throughout the patient’s illness. Supporting relatives, carers and staff in bereavement with the ability to recognise and refer on for complicated grief reactions.
- To identify, organise and evaluate specialist intervention in response to complex needs on a daily basis. This includes identifying oncological /medical/palliative care emergencies, analysing clinical options and liaising with appropriate member of the multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
By joining our team, you will be offered professional development opportunities, including two 1/2 day education mornings each year. We are proud that our staff survey results (2023) indicate that our team is cohesive and effective.
You will work with a supportive MDT, to allow the successful candidate to provide holistic care for patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Through allocation of a caseload of patients, the successful candidate will oversee and monitor patients, with advanced cancer and manage any associated symptoms and needs they have, from the point of diagnosis.
Patients will be reviewed via outpatient clinics, telephone and virtual consultations, mainly on our Cheltenham site, but with expectation of working on our Gloucester site too.
The post holder will also join our on-call service, once established in role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in palliative care or symptom management
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within cancer/oncology/palliative care
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of managing a caseload of patients
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Skilled in holistic assessment and developing associated management plans
- Evidence of working autonomously
- Professional skills and attributes apparent in personal statement and interview
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of managing complex symptoms
- Experience in clinical leadership
- Experience in managing difficult or challenging conversations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wendy Farrell
- Job title
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner ESC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5179
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