Role Summary
This Macmillan funded, Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist role is key to improving the patient experience, co-ordinating services, personalising the cancer pathway and providing support to the patient and their family.
The post holder will work as a specialist practitioner with advanced clinical skills within a MDT to ensure that patients presenting acutely with suspected lung cancer or complications of treatment receive prompt and appropriate diagnostic tests, clinical assessment, treatment, intervention, care and therapy. They will contribute their clinical expertise to both the diagnostic pathway and the later stages of the service pathway.
The ANP will provide a Specialist Lung Nursing service, including nurse led clinics for 2WW diagnostics, SACT prescribing and review of toxicities.
They will monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, implementation of evidence based practice, teaching and support of colleagues and the provision of professional leadership.
Acting as a role model for high standards of holistic care and providing clinical leadership across the Trust for this specialist area.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Advanced Care Practitioner to join the Lung Cancer nursing team at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an integral part of the CNS and wider respiratory team involved in all aspects of the patients pathway from diagnosis and treatment, through to follow up and support of patients living with a lung cancer diagnosis.
The post holder should have advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care whilst maintaining a professional portfolio in line with the Trust Framework for Advanced Practice.
Alternatively, we can support the right individual with experience in Lung Cancer to undertake the Trainee Advanced Practitioner programme as a development Band 7 post.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: Friday 3rd February
For further information please contact: Sandra Pope – sandra.pope1@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
