Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter: @CRHCareers @WellbeingCRH @royalhospital

Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists play a pivotal role in ensuring patients admitted non-electively due to complications of their cancer or cancer treatment, experience excellent streamlined care and ensuring the most clinically appropriate care pathway is followed.
This is a 5-day service, and the post holder will work independently and autonomously, providing expert clinical care and advice, in conjunction with, and support from the wider multi-disciplinary team, including Oncologists based at Weston Park Hospital, site-specific cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists, acute physicians and health care professionals in the Emergency Department and in-patient wards.
This is a busy service, and the post holder will be responsible for triaging automatically generated alerts for patients admitted to Chesterfield Royal Hospital, reviewing patients presenting acutely, assessing and diagnosing acute oncology emergencies, taking referrals and reviewing patients with acute oncology presentations. Local and Network guidelines are in use and a good working knowledge of these would be an advantage., Our Vision is to be a first-class provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care for our patients; and being a great place to work for our people. Our Proud to CARE philosophy supports this vision - and we all play a part in achieving it, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff we will always:
· Show COMPASSION - treating our patients and colleagues with consideration, kindness and respect
· Aim for high ACHIEVEMENT - providing excellent care, safe services, high standards and a positive experience every time
· Foster RELATIONSHIPS - being socially responsible, working openly and honestly with our patients, staff, partners and communities to improve what we do
· Create the right ENVIRONMENT - providing the tools and equipment that support a modern, eco-friendly, clean and safe environment, Above all we are looking for an experienced cancer nurse with a passion, drive and commitment to maintaining and improving pathways for acute oncology patients admitted to Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
For further job details, please see the attached full job description and person specification.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital have an exciting opportunity to recruit an enthusiastic, confident and dynamic nurse to the Acute Oncology Service. We are looking for a nurse with up-to-date specialist oncology knowledge and experience of working with patients affected by cancer., You must have excellent communication skills, be compassionate and caring. Resilience, flexibility and adaptability are essential to the role. You will be expected to keep up to date with national and regional meetings and training for acute oncology, ensuring evidence-based practice is at the forefront of patient care.