Gynae Oncology CNS

+ To be an autonomous practitioner and manage own caseload and work with colleagues to provide the highest possible standards of care for patients.
+ To support and co-ordinate patient's / family / carer from diagnosis onwards through all stages of their disease and treatment modalities and utilise excellent communication skills to complete appropriate onward referrals for your cohort of patients.
+ To provide and offer a wide range of information and support to patients their family and/or carers at all stages of their cancer journey.
+ To attend the Gynaecological Cancer outpatient clinics and triage/ prepare notes pre clinic to ensure necessary investigations organised.
+ To be a core member of the Gynaecological MDT and site specific MDT's.
+ To develop nurse led clinics for EHNA (Electronic Health Needs Assessment) and post treatment dilator clinics for gynae-oncology patients.
+ To support and assess all Women's Health Cancer in-patients and liaise with ward staff and Consultant Gynaecologist & Oncologist to enhance the patient's pathway and experience.
+ To establish and maintain close working relationships with the Hospital and relevant Community Macmillan Palliative care teams.
+ To be responsible in ensuring accurate and comprehensive documentation in all patients' notes which include the trusts EPR and Somerset Cancer database system.
To be competent in managing your own timetable and caseload

Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of difference in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation and religion or belief.
The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work, + To communicate and work in partnership with all members of the MDTs to ensure a seamless pathway of care for patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow up car
+ To be an autonomous practitioner and manage own caseload and work with colleagues to provide the highest possible standards of care for patients diagnosed with an unknown primary cancer
+ To support and co-ordinate patient's / family / carer from diagnosis onwards through all stages of their disease and treatment modalities and utilise excellent communication skills to complete appropriate onward referrals for your cohort of patients
+ To act as point of contact and offer to be the Women Health 'keyworker' for patients and their families and carer
+ To provide and offer a wide range of information and support to patients their family and/or carers at all stages of their cancer journey this includes access and utilisation of Information Prescriptions and signposting to the Whittington Health Macmillan Information space
+ To competently act as the patients advocate and assist patients in understanding their disease and treatments available to them, to enable them to make informed choices about their car
+ Assist in the co-ordination of patient treatment pathways between the various departments in both primary and secondary care to facilitate continuity of car
+ To attend the Gynaecological Cancer outpatient clinics and triage/ prepare notes pre clinic to ensure necessary investigations organised
+ To be a core member of the Gynaecological MDT and site specific MDT's where Women's Health patients are being discussed and as deemed appropriate
+ To establish links and develop networking opportunities with other Women's Health CNS's in the London Cancer Network and Cancer Centre at UCH. Attend joint CNS meetings/ events at UCH Cancer Centre
+ To develop nurse led clinics for EHNA (Electronic Health Needs Assessment) and post treatment dilator clinics for gynae-oncology patients
+ To support and assess all Women's Health Cancer in-patients and liaise with ward staff and Consultant Gynaecologist & Oncologist as deemed appropriate and provide a seamless approach to communication to enhance the patient's pathway and experience
+ To ensure all patients have access and are offered the provision of a health needs assessment (HNA) and the psychological assessment of patients. You will be required to liaise with and ensure referral and appropriate signposting onto allied health professionals and services as required.
+ To ensure that patients are referred onto other health care professionals and services to ensure a seamless, high quality pathway of care for them, their families and carers.
+ To establish and maintain close working relationships with the Hospital and relevant Community Macmillan Palliative care teams
+ To be responsible in ensuring accurate and comprehensive documentation in all patients' notes which include the trusts EPR and Somerset Cancer database system
+ To work as part of the MDT's core member and actively participate in the National Cancer Peer review process
+ To regularly attend the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Forum and participate in the agreed projects/work streams as agreed by the group.
+ To provide CNS cover for cancer CNS colleagues during leave and absence.
+ To be competent in managing your own timetable and caseload
+ To possess exemplary time management skills.
Quality, Research and Audit
+ Participate in both clinical and organisational audits, continually evaluating the effectiveness of the service provided against trust and national standards.
+ To attend, participate and present at departmental audit meetings.
+ To undertake research / audit topics appropriate to cancer of unknown primary and disseminate findings to relevant audiences through a variety of modes.
+ To actively participate in multi-disciplinary research projects
+ To participate in the collection of data required by the Trust to input into the cancer registry and Somerset cancer database
+ To encourage user involvement to identify potential areas for service development.
+ To actively participate in local, network and national patient satisfaction surveys and provide detailed action plans to assist in improving patient experience, pathway and service provision.
Management and Supervision Responsibilities
+ To constantly review the Women's Health service provision, development and patient feedback in liaison with your line manager in collaboration with the Lead Cancer Nurse and relevant MDT members.
To undertake and understand appropriate risk within area of practice.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

We are seeking an enthusiastic, part time, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Women's Health-Gynae Oncology. You will join an existing team providing high quality clinical and personalised care to patients of Whittington Health NHS Trust.
You will be a forward thinking, highly motivated individual who enjoys working with medically and socially complex patients.
You will manage your own caseload of patients and will be well supported by the multi -disciplinary team. You will possess excellent communication skills and be able to support and advocate for patients.
You will receive a comprehensive induction into the role and your training and development needs will be discussed and supported where appropriate.