Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary
Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 6 (22.5 hours a week)

The role of the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist is to provide emotional support for patients receiving a diagnosis and support through their treatment pathway. The Clinical Nurse Specialist would be present for clinic appointments and follow up patients throughout their pathway and post treatment. The Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist team provide holistic needs assessments for each patient and answer any queries or concerns in a timely manner. In addition, the breast care nursing team support genetics counselling and post operative wound assessments and treatment plans. The post holder will communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team involved in planning and delivering patient care and treatment.

Main duties of the job

• Liaise with the various multi-disciplinary teams regarding the management of patients.
• To use advanced communication skills to: promote a positive working environment, impart significant news, and implement change.
• Complete nurse led appointments and follow up clinics via face to face and telephone where appropriate.
• Complete aseptic technique and wound assessments to create a treatment plan for patients with consultant review.
• Support breast screening programme referrals to the breast service
• Complete patient end of treatment summaries
• Attend weekly breast MDT
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
• Participation within shared governance councils
• To support capacity within the clinical area in order to expedite investigations and improve patient experience
• Support breast care awareness initiatives

About us
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.

As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Job responsibilities

• Able to work alongside individual nursing staff or teams, role modelling high standards of practice whilst assessing, delivering and evaluating patient care. Highlight areas of development for team members as required
• Plan and prioritise own workload, liaising with the appropriate administrative support teams as necessary
• To lead and support quality improvement projects in clinical areas
• Participation in Audit and Research, developing research-based practices

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of a professional portfolio, registration revalidation & commitment to lifelong learning

Desirable

• Recognised Health Assessment course or willing to work towards

Knowledge
Essential

• Passion for teaching, education and practice development and ability to professionally develop individuals
• Demonstrates ability to question and challenge nursing practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved
• Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with surgical urological patients OR Oncology patients
• Experience of supporting patients who have a cancer diagnosis

Desirable

• Evidence of post graduate learning

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.