NET/Urology Oncology Nurse

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Oncology Specialist Nurse (Band 6) to join our dynamic oncology team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse with a passion for cancer care to provide specialist support to patients diagnosed with colorectal and gynaecological cancers.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams including  clinical nurse specialists, oncology teams, and allied health professionals to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across the cancer pathway.

Main duties of the job

As post holder, your duties will include:

• Attending new pt and NET follow up clinics
• Running lanreotide  and oral SACT assessment and delivery clinics
• Liaising with London and Colchester hospitals for pt who are referred there for PRRT
• Ensuring regular hospital pathological  tests eg CgA and 5HIAA done in timely manner and results discussed with consultants
• Attend NET MDT
• Lise with surgery / interventional radiology for patients needing inpatient octreotide pre procedures and arrange beds/appointments
• To re-establish and chair NET patient support group
• To help establish and manage patients on PRRT once established locally
• To establish nurse led follow up clinics for stable and post op surveillance patients
• To support the urology CNS nursing team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

• To manage a specified case load of patients, providing information and support, to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
• To work closely with the Consultants, medical and nursing staff, multi-disciplinary team and Heads of Department within the Directorate.
• To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
• To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support.
• To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and outside the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients
• To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
• To respond to telephone enquiries and co-ordinate admission or changes in appointment dates as warranted by the patient’s clinical condition, including operation of a telephone helpline for the relevant speciality if required.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s symptoms and in liaison with the Medical team organise investigations as required.
• To supply and/or administer medication according to Patient Group Directions or in accordance with the Trust’s Prescribing Policy for registered nurse prescribers.
• To monitor the effectiveness and efficacy of treatments/drug therapy and implement any changes necessary.

Please see the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities.