Breast Care Specialist Nurse | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The role of the Breast Care Nurse is to provide a high-quality service within the hospital setting. The service provides expert specialist advice, information and support to patients and their families who are undergoing investigations for diagnosis of breast disease including malignancies. The main element of the role is providing emotional support to ladies recalled to the breast screening unit for further assessment, education, health promotion and research. The role will incorporate supporting patients from diagnosis, through treatment options and following discharge home.

The post holder will:

· Work in the Breast Screening Unit, Assessment Clinic. To provide ladies recalled to clinic following screening mammogram with psychological support.

· The CNS must meet women at the start of the assessment process to help manage their anxiety and distress by providing appropriate information and psychological support. Records must reflect the involvement of the CNS and that all recalled women have met the CNS at the start of the assessment process.

· The CNS must speak with women who undergo needle biopsy at assessment. This is demonstrated by documented evidence of the discussion, being available and contact details for the CNS being given to women awaiting biopsy results.

· To provide highly specialised service by undertaking holistic needs assessments of patients diagnosed with breast cancer. To plan, carry out and evaluate an individualised care plan for patients. To continually reassess patients' needs and alter care accordingly.

· Communicate effectively with patients, families, friends / Carers and health care professionals, providing relevant support, information, advice, counselling and education as required.

· Demonstrate critical and analytical skills.

· Act as patient advocate.

· Participate in reviewing patients in the drop-in clinic with adequate supervision.

· Ensure clinically effective specialist advice is given and offer ongoing appropriate support.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.