Breast Care Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral member of the Breast Cancer Team, working under the guidance of the Breast Care Nurses. The post holder will be responsible for managing a defined caseload of breast cancer patients, acting as the designated keyworker to ensure patients and their carers receive timely access to specialist information, advice, and support. The role involves close collaboration with healthcare professionals across both primary and secondary care settings to deliver a seamless, patient-centred service

The Breast Care Nurse Service incorporates working at both WRH and The Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

The post holder will work alongside clinicians in both symptomatic and NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) clinics.Working under the supervision of members of the Breast Care Team there will be opportunities to develop clinical competencies, including complex wound care, seroma aspiration, and lymphoedema assessment.

There will be opportunities to enhance communication and interpersonal skills through direct patient interaction and participate in relevant study days. In addition there will be opportunities to shadow experienced colleagues, including Secondary Breast Care Nurses, to broaden clinical insight and understanding and to attend the Breast MultiDisciplinary Team meetings.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for professional growth within a supportive and specialised team environment, with structured opportunities for professional.

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.