Skull Base Clinical Nurse

Job overview

We are after a proactive, highly motivated person to become our new Skull Base Clinical Nurse specialist. You will work closely with Neurosurgical consultants who operate of skull base brain tumours ,nursing teams and the wider multidisciplinary to support this patient group from diagnosis to discharge. This will include surveillance, pre operative support, reduce length of stay in hospital and attend MDT meetings

Please see the attached job description to see if you have what it takes.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

To establish and provide a specialist nursing service for the care and on-going management of patients diagnosed with Skull Base tumours. You will participate in the provision of high-quality care from diagnosis, through treatment and during follow up. You will make informed decisions within your own area and scope of professional practice to ensure agreed standards and targets are met. The post holder will ensure collaborative working relationships, incorporating clinical practice, advice and guidance, and education.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and guidance, alongside symptom support and referred on where appropriate.
• Assess health and psychological needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, in partnership with patients/carers and colleagues.
• Work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and ensure patients are discussed at MDT as required.
• Ability to give telephone advice to patients, carers and other health care professionals.
• Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care. Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
• Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.
• Use advanced communication skills to impart sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
• Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

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.