Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

The Band 7 Dermatology Skin Cancer Nurse provides advanced specialist

nursing care to patients with suspected, confirmed and recurrent skin

cancers across the dermatology and skin cancer pathway. The post holder

will work autonomously and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to

deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring patients receive timely

assessment, treatment, education and ongoing support throughout their

cancer journey.

Main duties of the job

1. The Dermatology Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a senior specialist practitioner responsible for providing expert, compassionate and evidence-based nursing care for patients with suspected or confirmed skin cancer. Working as an integral member of the Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), the post holder will coordinate the patient pathway from the point of suspicion through diagnosis, treatment, recovery, survivorship and, where appropriate, palliative and end-of-life care.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent professional qualification
• Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
• Postgraduate qualification in cancer care, oncology, dermatology or equivalent specialist experience
• Qualification in lesion recognition.
• Advanced communication skills training
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Teaching, mentoring or assessing qualification, or willingness to undertake

Desirable criteria

• Master's degree or working towards Master's level study
• Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification
• Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification
• Level 2 Psychological Support qualification
• Leadership or management qualification
• Research or Quality
• Improvement qualification
• Qualification in minor surgery

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration experience in oncology, dermatology or specialist cancer nursing
• Experience working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or equivalent
• Experience coordinating complex patient pathways
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supporting patients with complex emotional and psychological needs
• Experience undertaking audit, service evaluation or quality improvement

Desirable criteria

• Experience leading specialist skin cancer services
• Experience developing nurse-led clinics
• Experience implementing remote monitoring services
• Experience contributing to clinical research
• Experience writing clinical guidelines or policies
• Experience managing change or service redesign
• Experience presenting at regional or national meetings

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of skin cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship
• Understanding of NICE guidance and national cancer policy
• Knowledge of personalised cancer care principles.
• Understanding of cancer waiting time standards
• Knowledge of safeguarding, consent and information governance
• Understanding of clinical governance and quality improvement

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of regional and national cancer networks
• Knowledge of digital healthcare technologies
• Understanding of research governance
• Knowledge of project management methodologies
• Knowledge of business planning and service development
• Experience of implementing national service improvement programmes

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to manage a complex specialist caseload independently
• Ability to prioritise competing demands
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent teaching and facilitation skills
• Advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills
• High level of IT literacy
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

Desirable criteria

• Project management skills
• Advanced data analysis skills
• Experience using specialist cancer databases
• Experience presenting research findings
• Policy development experience

Other

Essential criteria

• Compassionate, professional and patient-centred
• Demonstrates integrity, honesty and accountability
• Resilient and adaptable
• Committed to continuous learning and improvement
• Promotes equality, diversity and inclusion
• Demonstrates excellent professional judgement

Desirable criteria

• Enthusiastic about service transformation
• Active involvement in professional networks

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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