Melanoma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job summary
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as the key worker for Melanoma patients undergoing SACT (systemic anti-cancer therapies) and those with advanced cancers using excellent communication skills, provide holistic needs assessment and care.
To provide psychological support and care, advice, information for patients, carers and families.
Work autonomously and independently providing nurse-led clinics as appropriate
To act as a resource and to advise health and social care personnel on any aspects of patients therapeutic programmes of care.
To be an active member of the MDT and where appropriate feedback any outcomes to the patient, carers and relatives.
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 committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
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.