Faster Diagnosis Nurse

We are looking for candidates to join an exciting time within Cancer Services at Somerset Foundation Trust. Working as part of a new service providing an integrated front door service for those patients who have suspected cancer symptoms.

As an integral part of the Faster diagnosis team (FDT) across Somerset. The post holder will ensure that patients referred on a suspected cancer pathway are informed that they have cancer or that cancer is excluded within a maximum of 28 days from referral. The post holder will work collaboratively with primary and secondary care, clinical and operational teams, to ensure patients receive a high quality, safe, effective, and timely diagnostic pathway., This is an excellent opportunity to work within the Faster Diagnosis Tea(FDT) as a nurse in the newly established Cancer Front Door team which is supporting suspected cancer patients at the start of the pathway. Working as an integral part of the FDT across Somerset. This is a fixed term / secondment opportunity for 12 months. The post will ensure that patients referred on a suspected cancer pathway are informed that they have cancer or that cancer is excluded within a maximum of 28 days from referral. The post holder will work collaboratively with primary and secondary care, clinical and operational teams, to ensure patients receive a high quality, safe, effective, and timely diagnostic pathway.

The role will be to manage patients on a suspected cancer pathway across Somerset, ensuring that patients referred on a suspected cancer pathway are triaged to the appropriate investigation/outpatients and support patients being told they have cancer, or that cancer is excluded, within a maximum of 28 days from referral.

Working in conjunction with the lead clinicians for specific speciality, you will further develop and maintain the delivery of best practice in the care and management of cancers from referral or diagnosis.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breath-taking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.