Acting Lead Cancer Nurse

The Acting Lead Cancer Nurse will provide visible, clinical, and professional leadership and direction to Cancer Services and Cancer Nursing across the organisation, including leading the Specialist Cancer Nursing workforce. They will work in close collaboration as part of the Cancer Management Team with the Trust Cancer Clinical Director, Deputy Director of Elective Care and Cancer Manager, contributing to the development and improvement of Trust-wide cancer services.,

• Direct Line management and professional accountable for the Cancer Specialist Nursing Teams.
• Clear, visible direction and leadership to deliver excellence in cancer nursing.
• Improved patient experience (as measured by the cancer patient survey and by frequent patient feedback) through Cancer MDTs and Divisional teams.
• Ensure quality improvement initiatives and service redesign across cancer service provision.
• Create and promote the cancer nursing strategies in collaboration with the Deputy Lead Cancer Nurse, Specialist Cancer Nurses, and Lead Nurses across the Trust.
• Support structured cancer teaching programmes for nursing and associated staff in cancer and non-cancer areas.
• Promote and support structured cancer nursing research.
• Improved patient information and access to support across the Trust, being responsive to the changing patient needs and patient demographics.
  
  Masters Level qualification in appropriate subject
• Registered Nurse with NMC
• Leadership qualification
• Advanced Communications Skills training
Desirable criteria
• Psychological or mentorship support training, Experience of managing cancer teams
• Experience of working within cancer services
• Significant nursing leadership role
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary working at local and national level
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Research experience
• Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
• Understanding of national cancer standards and performance
Desirable criteria
• Cancer Specialist Nurse background
• Clinical publications or presentation at conferences, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.