Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment - Mat Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-2504CNS-MBC
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway Maritime Hospital
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/05/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Macmillan Breast Cancer
Band 6
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Macmillan Breast Cancer
Division: Cancer Services
Band: 6
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025
Contract: Fixed Term/Secondment - Maternity Cover
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist – Macmillan Breast Cancer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be expected to work as part of a team who provides specialist advice for the diagnosis, management, treatment and on-going care of patients with breast cancer.
As a Macmillan Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist you will need to work as part of the MDT to provide specialist advice for the diagnosis, management, treatment and on-going care of patients with breast cancer to ensure that all patients presenting with breast cancer will be managed in line with the agreed pathways and will benefit from expert advice and support as required according to their specific needs.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates that will have the unique opportunity to contribute to further development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues within a well-established and successful service.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In conjunction with the breast MDT and support services, the post holder will assist with the co-ordination of the treatment pathway, including screening and primary clinics, incorporating information provision, physical and psychological support and completion of holistic needs assessment, under the guidance and development of the band 7s. Working in partnership with Macmillan and other external stakeholders.
The Post holder will assist in supporting specialist wound care/seroma clinics, simple lymphoedema assessment and treatment, breast cancer family history advise and prosthetic clinics.
We are looking for an experienced nurse with knowledge in breast screening, Surgical or Oncology nursing to join our breast cancer multi-disciplinary team at Medway NHS Foundation, to work in conjunction with and supporting the other clinical nurse specialists currently in post.
The Trust provides care for patients with early and secondary breast cancer, with an onsite chemotherapy service and radiotherapy treatment provided at Maidstone hospital. The Trust offers immediate breast reconstruction with our onco-plastic surgeon on site and works closely with Queen Victoria Hospital (specialist reconstructive surgery centre for the south east of England) to ensure patients have the full range of reconstructive options available.
This is an exciting time at Medway breast service’s with the on-going development of stratified risk pathways and the delivery of personalised care and support with health and well-being events currently running.
The post holder will play an active part in the multi-disciplinary meetings and service review, and be able to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will require
• RGN with post registration experience and may have completed the Principles of Breast Cancer Care course for healthcare professionals along with the advanced communication course
• Have the ability to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Have experience of managing case-loads effectively with the support of the band 7s
If you think you have what it takes to positively contribute to our exciting future by being part of our amazing team, apply today.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact: Sammy Tomlin, Macmillan Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist on [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 on the NMC Register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
- BSc Nursing
- Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the National agenda for speciality
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills to work within the speciality MDT and across professional groups
- Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sammy Tomlin
- Job title
- Macmillan Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 825033
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