Job Description

Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust considers the Clinical Nurse Specialist role as a keystone to the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important objective for the organisation. This clinical nurse specialist role therefore has the authority required to deliver the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in this job description.



The post holder will work collaboratively, as a core member of the head and neck team, with key groups of staff at both Winchester and Southampton Hospital and community and primary care settings as appropriate.



The main duties of a Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist is to work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team and others within oral and maxillofacial, surgical, oncology, skin and palliative care in the planning and delivery of treatment plans for patients to optimise health outcomes.



Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.



Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.



We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.



The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over 500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.



For further information about this role please see document attached.



If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.