Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist

Do you have experience with lung cancer or mesothelioma patients? Are you passionate about providing excellent care to this group of patients? Would you like to be part of a National charity that provides support to mesothelioma patients and also provide personalised care to our patients locally? This new clinical nurse specialist role is an exciting opportunity to deliver a co-ordinated, comprehensive and holistic service for patients with a Mesothelioma cancer diagnosis, within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). The post holder will also provide advice, guidance and support to patients with a Mesothelioma cancer diagnosis across Wales virtually and work closely with the National Mesothelioma Multi-Professional Team and Mesothelioma UK to support patients across Wales and develop services., Patient/Clinical Care

• Keyworker for Mesothelioma patient caseload within CTMUHB.
• Provide specialist care for patients with Mesothelioma Cancer recognising the needs of the individual and providing support, information, education and counselling for patients, their families and carers, to ensure they have an understanding of all elements of their cancer journey, in a format which suites their needs.
• Will regularly deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, imparting difficult news and supporting terminally ill patients and their families.
• Will assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care of patients/clients.
• To receive and provide patients and their families with, sensitive and complex information, using developed empathy, reassurance and counselling skills.
• Clinical resource for patients across Wales.
• Member of local multi-disciplinary team (MDT)/specialist mesothelioma multi-disciplinary team.To be a clinical resource within own Health Board and for Health Boards across Wales for other healthcare professionals.
• Provide clinical expertise to the Mesothelioma UK Support Line discussing complex information with patients, carers, HCP's, and others on a range of matters, including but not limited to;
Asbestos exposure concernMesothelioma pathwayTreatmentClinical trialsSecond opinionsSymptom managementCompensationBenefitsEnd of life care

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:
• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.