Lung Cancer Navigator
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Thoracic Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team at Royal Papworth Hospital, the UKs leading cardiothoracic hospital, rated Outstanding by the CQC in all domains. We seek an experienced oncology nurse leader who is passionate about delivering exceptional, patient-centred cancer care and driving service improvement.
Main duties of the job
The role of Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist is a great opportunity to develop your clinical and professional practice along with leadership and management experience. The post holder will be an effective core member of the lung cancer Multidisciplinary Team, acting as an expert practitioner within the lung cancer team demonstrating highly developed specialist knowledge in the management of patients with thoracic cancers and their physical and emotional care. This will include supporting patients throughout their pathway from investigations through their treatments, oncology care pathways and post treatment.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979.
It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
GCSE - or equivalent in Maths and English NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience.
Desirable
Degree level of qualification RSA typing or equivalent or demonstrable keyboard skills.
Experience · Essential
Experience of working as part of a team and in isolation. To be proficient in Microsoft Office programmes including Word, Excel and Outlook Experience of customer or patient engagement. Experience of working within a fast paced ever changing environment. Experience of working within protocols and procedures Experience of dealing with challenging/highly stressful communication amongst patients, relatives and the Department.
Understanding of medical terminology Understanding of patient-centred care Understanding the details of the diagnostic test/procedures Understanding of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle (smoking cessation, healthy eating, reducing alcohol, taking exercise) Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information that requires tact and persuasive skills.
Effectively prioritise own workload and adapt to changing circumstances. Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of confidentiality and the requirement for this to be maintained. Ability to be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of the service to include continuing education and professional development via personal development plans. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Ability to learn new skills and knowledge.
Ability to motivate self and others. Ability to use own initiative but recognises own limitations. Good attendance record, reliable and punctual.
Desirable
Experience of working in healthcare environment Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team. Experience of patient electronic record system e.g., Lorenzo Previous use of Somerset Cancer Registry Knowledge of lung cancer Knowledge of investigations including CXR -- Chest X-Ray CT - Computerised Tomography scan PET -- Positron Emission Tomography EBUS -- Endoscopic Bronchial Ultra Sound EUS -- Endoscopic Ultra Sound CTNB -- CT needle biopsy MRI -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging PFT -- Pulmonary Function Tests Understanding of the National and Local Cancer Targets and their implications. Additional Criteria
Essential
As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion. A commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
