Clinical Nurse Specialist - CML / MPN

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our CML/MPN team at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Haemato- oncology as a full time fixed term CNS, to cover maternity leave. The post holder will provide specialist advice and support to patients and their carers throughout their care pathway, as well as providing education and support to staff throughout the trust. The post holder will support the consultant team as well as delivering nurse led services for patients with haemato-oncology. This role is currently based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool.,

• Leads the development of patient
focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
• Be an active part in attending case
conferences, SRGs and MDTs as required. Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views.
• Takes personal responsibility for lifelong learning and personal development
through clinical supervision, appraisal and maintaining compliance with Trust mandatory training.

You should possess advanced clinical skills, be an excellent communicator, leader and educator, and be highly motivated to lead and deliver a service. A background in cancer nursing is ideal, recent experience in working within the specialty of haemato-oncology would be essential.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals. Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do. Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.