Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for supporting patients with Skin cancer and their carers and facilitating their care pathway. This will include carrying out holistic needs assessments, care planning, providing symptom control advice, psychological support, simple benefits advice, information and support in clinics and on wards. You will also act as a contact person (key worker) for the patient and liaise with all health professionals involved in their care.

You will be expected to play a supportive role in ensuring the team comply with local and national policy, clinical governance and Peer review. You will work collaboratively with referring clinicians and all members of the extended multidisciplinary team including; imaging departments, consultants, clinical nurse specialists, research teams, acute oncology, specialist palliative care, ward nursing teams, and administrative teams. You will work within a small team of skin cancer nurse specialists and undertake some nurse-led clinics after full training has been completed.

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for supporting patients with Skin cancer and their carers and facilitating their care pathway. This will include carrying out holistic needs assessments, care planning, providing symptom control advice, psychological support, simple benefits advice, information and support in clinics and on wards. You will also act as a contact person (key worker) for the patient and liaise with all health professionals involved in their care.

You will be expected to play a supportive role in ensuring the team comply with local and national policy, clinical governance and Peer review. You will work collaboratively with referring clinicians and all members of the extended multidisciplinary team including; imaging departments, consultants, clinical nurse specialists, research teams, acute oncology, specialist palliative care, ward nursing teams, and administrative teams. You will work within a small team of skin cancer nurse specialists and undertake some nurse-led clinics after full training has been completed.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration with no restrictions to practice
• Specialist training relevant to role.
• To include diploma level specialist training/short courses
• Significant experience at band 5 or above in specialist area, or relevant area with transferable skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience in skin cancer
• Degree with relevance to specialism
• Advanced Communications course Palliative care course or experience

Communication and Relationship skills

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• oExcellent communication both written and verbal and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Counselling qualification Communication course

planning and organisational skills

Essential

• able to organise own workload
• Able to plan and delegate roles to others as appropriate

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration with no restrictions to practice
• Specialist training relevant to role.
• To include diploma level specialist training/short courses
• Significant experience at band 5 or above in specialist area, or relevant area with transferable skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience in skin cancer
• Degree with relevance to specialism
• Advanced Communications course Palliative care course or experience

Communication and Relationship skills

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• oExcellent communication both written and verbal and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Counselling qualification Communication course

planning and organisational skills

Essential

• able to organise own workload
• Able to plan and delegate roles to others as appropriate

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).

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

St Peters Healthcare centre

Sparkenhoe street

Leicester

LE2 0TA

Employer's website

https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)