Cancer Nurse Specialist Internship Programme - 12 mths - 7.5 hpw

The Cancer nurse specialist internship programme is aimed at band 5 nurses with 2 years port graduation experience who have aspirations to pursue a career in cancer nursing. There is potential for four band 5 nurses to commence the programme. The successful candidates will spoke from their current place of work for a day a week (7.5 hours) for a year, into a cancer nurse specialist team within the trust. The successful candidate will work alongside the cancer nurse specialists to gain knowledge and experience in caring for patients with a cancer diagnosis. The successful candidate will also undertake a 6 month on line course through Teeside University on the Principles of cancer care and long term conditions., Develop their knowledge and skills through the Utilisation of a competency framework, with a view to identifying training needs and ongoing professional development.
Have the opportunity to work as part of a cancer nurse specialist (CNS) team across all sites within BTHFT.
Work with the CNS teams around personalised care of cancer patients, to increase the interns understanding of the wider needs and services involved in the cancer patients journey.
Be supported to identify a service improvement initiative for cancer to implement within their current area of practice, to improve the care and experience of cancer patients.
Be accredited at level 6 through completion of " Principles of integrated practice in cancer and other longterm conditions" module, delivered through self-directed distance learning with the university of Teeside., + To spoke to a cancer nurse team for a day a week for a years period.
+ Develop their knowledge and skills through the Utilisation of a competency framework, with a view to identifying training needs and ongoing professional development.
+ Have the opportunity to work as part of a cancer nurse specialist (CNS) team across all sites within BTHFT.
+ Work with the CNS teams around personalised care of cancer patients, to increase the interns understanding of the wider needs and services involved in the cancer patients journey.
+ Be supported to identify a service improvement initiative for cancer to implement within their current area of practice, to improve the care and experience of cancer patients.
+ To complete the cancer internship workbook
+ Be accredited at level 6 through completion of " Principles of integrated practice in cancer and other long-term conditions" module, delivered through self-directed distance learning with the university of Teeside.
+ To uphold patient confidentiality at all times

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
+ We value people
+ We are one team
+ We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.