Specialist Breast Care Nurse - Outpatients

Specialist Breast Care Nurse | Outpatients | Private Hospital | Permanent, Part-time | Horley, West Sussex

Spire Gatwick Park Hospital are looking for an experienced Specialist Breast Care Nurse to work in Outpatients. To provide exemplary planned care for breast care patients with an understanding of private sector pathways. You will also be supporting patients in Wards/Day care and theatres for operating days.

Spire Gatwick Park Hospital offers world-class care and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, we’re specialists in a wide range of treatments that can be personalised to your needs.

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop practice in the assessment of health and well-being needs.
• Develop practice in addressing individual’s health and well-being needs.
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Develop own knowledge and practice
• Develops a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security.
• Support and enable equality, diversity and rights.
• Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.

Who we're looking for:

• Relevant Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• NMC Registration
• Experienced BCN with an understanding of private sector pathways is essential
• Working as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams
• Critically applying the knowledge and skills gained in own Speciality
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
• Challenging consultants to influence evidence based practice
• Experience of working in partnership with consultants

Contract: Permanent, Part-time

Hours: 22.5 hours flexible during weekdays. Clinics are Mondays, Thursdays (possibly Wednesdays) supporting patients in Wards/Day care and theatres for operating days.

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on charlotte.oliver@spirehealthcare.com

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

About Us

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.