Macmillan Lung Cancer Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Lung Cancer Specialist Nursing team at Arrowe Park hospital.

As part of the existing team the successful candidate will be responsible for providing support for the patient and family from diagnosis through treatment and throughout the cancer journey. Using advanced communication and psychological assessment skills the CNS will aim to assess and alleviate the psychological distress for cancer patients and their families, including identification of need for onward referral to other agencies and disciplines as appropriate

Provide education and specialist advice to patients, their carers and staff on the specific care and treatment for the specialit.

Acts as a valuable resource for the multi-professional team.

Set standards of care, influence the work of other professional groups and act as a change agent

Work as a core member of the MDT supporting the cancer pathway to improve the patient experience

Main duties of the job

• Enable people to access, identify, appraise and interpret information, to determine their own future.
• Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across service boundaries.
• Define a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate.
• Make clinical judgements based on experience and knowledge and take appropriate action
• Request diagnostic tests within agreed sphere of competence and make clinical judgements based on clinical expertise.
• Assess and manage symptoms, problems related to area of expertise and recognising when appropriate for onward referral is required.
• To facilitate the assimilation of complex clinical information regarding diagnosis, staging investigations and treatment options
• Support and empower patients and carers to influence and participate in often difficult decisions regarding the panning and delivery of care.
• Promote self-management, undertaking risk stratification to determine those who can self-manage, following education, those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will require on-going, face to face support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Decription and perosnal specification for further information rergarding roles and repsonsibilities associated to this role.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.