Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist.
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Job overview
AOS/ADO & Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the AOS/ADO & Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist
This post is focused on the implementation and delivery of Acute Diagnostic Oncology (ADO) pathways from external trusts by early intervention and support for patients with a new cancer diagnosis.
To provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in acute oncology and upper GI cancers, acting as a resource for education and training.
To provide early input of specialist nursing care to oncology patients
Main duties of the job
- Faster and better care of patients presenting with complications from radiotherapy, and systemic anti-cancer treatments. (early recognition, better treatment, early discharge).
- Faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral back to appropriate speciality)
- Improved access to appropriate oncology and relevant MDT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post is focused on the implementation and delivery of ADO/AOS and support for patients with an Upper GI cancer.
- The post holder will play a key role in running the Acute Oncology Service and monitoring its impact using several key metrics.
- Triage and assessment of Oncology Patients across Urgent and Emergency Care including SDEC, and patient admitted via UEC.
- To work autonomously in organising a caseload. Ensuring this reflects the core components of the Clinical Nurse Specialist role, which involves high level of clinical decision making, advance clinical practice and providing consultations for healthcare professionals.
- To raise awareness among health care staff of the educational needs of clients and family/carers, paying particular attention to the public and personal attitudes to cancer, and how these relate to political, social, economic, and ethical issues.