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Cancer Admissions Triage Team CNS
Band 6 Post 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the established Acute Oncology Service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to work with the Cancer Admissions and Triage Team. We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and dynamic nurse to join our friendly and forward thinking multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

As a Cancer Admissions and Triage CNS you would be involved in a range of activities including; acting as an expert oncology resource to patients and healthcare colleagues, offering evidence based advice through triaging patients using the UKONS proforma, maintaining telephone clinics and facilitating patient flow 7 days a week. Being able to recognise complications related to treatment and where possible minimise the need for hospital admission is key.

Applicants should have significant post registration experience at Band 5 or above within an oncology setting. The applicant will need to be able to demonstrate evidence of specialist knowledge and experience relating to all aspects of oncological malignancy. The Cancer Admissions Triage Team play a vital role in participating in audits and feeding back to the wider oncology team, as well as teaching in both a group setting and during 1:1 sessions.

Informal visits are highly recommended.

Working for our organisation

The Acute Oncology Service is committed to providing the highest quality of care and maintaining consistently high standards in a professional and friendly atmosphere. NUH has a set of values and behaviours which are summarised in the job description for this post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Cancer Admissions and Triage CNS you would be involved in;

Acting as a resource to patients and healthcare colleagues who contact the hospital via the oncology triage line.

Triaging oncology patients using the UKONS proforma, offering appropriate evidence based advice to those patients and healthcare colleagues where possible to minimise the need for hospital based assessment and admission.

Maintaining a telephone review clinic for all cycle 1 chemotherapy patients to make an early assessment of complications related to treatment and encourage appropriate self-management or arrange day case assessment.

Maintain databases designed to record telephone clinics to allow appropriate coding and allow funding streams to be accurate.

Facilitating patient flow 7 days a week to ensure appropriate places of care for inpatients (reducing outlying bed usage) and direct non- admission assessments.

Person specification
Training and Qulaifications
Essential criteria
NMC registration
Desirable criteria
Formal leadership and management training
Experience in oncology
Essential criteria
Significant experience in oncology at band 5 level or above
Knowledge of oncology admission pathways
Completed chemotherapy package
Desirable criteria
Experience triaging oncology patients
Communictaion and relationship
Essential criteria
Effective written and verbal (including over the phone) communication skills
Ability to effectively manage complex situations over the phone
Ability to give clear and evidenced based oncological advice
Planning and organisation
Essential criteria
Prioritise workload
Time management skills

Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.

Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. Whilst Covid-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this present time unless you work in a Care Home facility, we continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£45 for enhanced and £28 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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