Band 7 Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Do you have a passion for cancer nursing and providing advice, support and emergency care to our Oncology and Haematology patients?

Do you enjoy a challenge and thrive on change and have a desire to innovate and make a positive impact on the lives of cancer patients and their families and carers?

We are looking for Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists to join our Acute Oncology team. This post will be based across all four of the sites of University Hospitals Birmingham.

We have an exceptionally experienced Haematology and Oncology Team, spanning all malignancies and offering some of the most pioneering treatments that are available internationally. This includes new Cellular Therapies, Immunotherapy, and Radiotherapy to name but a few.

You will be an experienced Registered Nurse who has relevant and recent experience in oncology and/or haematology.

To be short listed you must ensure your supporting information demonstrates how you fit the essential person specification criteria with specific reference to experience and knowledge., You will work throughout the trust, assessing patients wherever they are being managed, including the Emergency Departments and Medical Assessment Units. You will need to possess the skills and confidence to urgently review acute oncology patients and ensure appropriate pathways of care are actioned.

You will be involved in Telephone Triage and assessment of patients calling with complications related to their Anti- cancer treatment. You will be responsible for providing advice to patients in order to manage symptoms or if necessary organising assessment or admission to the most appropriate place of care.

You will be partake in the running of nurse led HOT Clinics providing assessment for patients with complications of treatment. You will possess a range of clinical skills and be able to undertake initial assessments. You will be able to deal with a wide range of presenting complaints, but also recognise and escalate more serious complications.

The Acute Oncology team supports patients and provides guidance, rationale and teaching to both medical and nursing teams throughout the acute hospitals. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience relating to oncological and haematological malignancy and you will be required to demonstrate the ability to prioritize workloads, use your own initiative and manage a caseload of patients autonomously.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.