Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist

Would you like to gain experience in a specialist field as part of a team who have an excellent reputation for delivering a high standard of care, working innovatively and progressing changes locally and nationally?, We have an exciting opportunity for a Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the breast care nursing team, 37.5 hours per week, these hours will be worked flexibly to cover service need. Whilst based in Colchester there may be occasional need to work across ESNEFT. You must be committed to undertake relevant training courses and achieve competencies., You will be a key member of the team and make an important contribution to the care and management of patients with breast problems including those undergoing treatment for primary breast cancer, by providing support and specialist nursing advice to the patients, their relatives and other health care professionals. You will also support those who attend assessment recall from the NHS Breast Screening Programme. Following the national initiative, you will contribute to providing patient centred follow up.

You will be caring and compassionate with a committed attitude to be able to respond positively and flexibly to the challenges of delivering this service. You must be able to work autonomously, as part of a small team and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. You must be enthusiastic, motivated and driven to provide high quality and high standards of care. Previous clinical nurse specialist experience is not essential, as training will be provided, however you would ideally have some experience in the surgical or oncology field.

If you are a dynamic person with the ability to work well within a challenging environment, can deliver high quality patient care, and would like the opportunity gain experience in a specialist role we would love to hear from you.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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