Open Access Follow Up (OAFU) Cancer Nurse

+ To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients that is compassionate and caring.
+ To support patients health and wellbeing after cancer treatment, with a particular focus on promoting self-management
+ To work under the direction of the Patient Support Supervisor to deliver the stratified pathways for post cancer treatment
+ To assess holistic care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them with necessary supervision, signposting or referring patients to the relevant support
+ To effectively liaise and communicate with primary care services to ensure patients are suitably supported on a stratified follow up pathway

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Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 enthusiastic and motivated nurses to join our Open Access Follow Up (OAFU) service. OAFU is a remote monitoring service for patients after completion of cancer treatment. This stratified follow up supports patients to self-manage, reducing hospital attendances and providing a better patient experience, while still safely providing regular monitoring for cancer recurrence. This service is currently primarily offered to Breast, Colorectal and Prostate patients.
These are new posts for which we are looking for two nurses to provide clinical support and expertise to the team of cancer support workers. You will primarily focus on supporting patients to transition from regular clinical follow up to remote monitoring. Providing holistic needs assessments for patients while supporting self management and delivering health & wellbeing interventions. You will support the admin team with care co-ordination, complex care planning including referral triage & discharge and support with helpline calls for patients entering the remote monitroing pathway.
The ideal candidate will have advanced communication skills, experience of holistically supporting and assessing patients, and established administrative skills; including excellent ICT skills with a good understanding of Excel. Previous experience working with cancer patients would be beneficial but not essential.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.