Lead Nurse - L&SC Centralised Virtual Triage for Suspected Skin Cancer

The Nurse Consultant is a pivotal clinical role, they will oversee the development, implementation, and embedding of the CVT for most Suspected Skin Cancer referrals in L&SC., · To provide leadership for change and service improvement within Suspected Skin Cancer Pathways.
· To advance the development and practice of cancer nursing in line with national recommendations and standards where available for Suspected Skin Cancer.
· To collaborate with Allied Healthcare Professionals and Consultants, ensuring the advancement of cancer care and support through a combined approach.
· To liaise closely with the other Clinical and non-clinical workforce within Lancashire and South Cumbria to implement the Virtual Centralised Triage for Suspected Skin Cancer.
· To have understanding and insight of the implemented digital platform and liaise with company staff to ensure safe and timely patient care, + · Lead initiatives to aid retention and workforce planning for the Virtual Centralised Triage Suspected Skin Cancer staff.
+ · Participate in personal Annual Personal Development Review
+ · Participate in the annual review for this post and support other team members in their annual review.
+ · Participate as a full member of the Skin cancer team, supporting planning, developments and operational delivery, including support to achievement of cancer performance targets.
+ · To take a lead in the investigation and resolution of complaints and adverse clinical incidents within cancer services, ensuring that appropriate action is taken to learn from events .
+ · Making a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda by ensuring practice is evidence based and through the development of staff competence at all levels.
+ · Develop the research and audit agenda ensuring a multi-disciplinary approach at all times.
+ · Utilise the Trust's document management system to ensure that nursing policies, guidelines, and patient group directions are reviewed, up to date and retrievable by version ensuring compliance with document retrieval.
+ Contributes to the development of appropriate outcomes and service impact measures to evaluate patient response and service development needs.
+ · Lead on the development of accurate electronic information systems to inform management team and drive audit programmes and contribute to national intelligence on the speciality.
Dear Potential Applicant,
It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
+ Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
+ This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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+ Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.
This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.
We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.