Job Description

There is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior registered nurse to come and join the cancer services team at Whittington Health NHS Trust. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual, with an established background in breast cancer care and a strong work ethic, to oversee the operational running, service development, and management of the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team and service.



The post holder will be responsible for ensuring high quality care to our Breast cancer patients. The post holder will take a leadership role as part of the Cancer Nursing Lead team, working independently to manage high-quality care and a cost-effective service for patients with suspected or confirmed breast cancer.



The post holder will be responsible for leading the development of strategy for continuous improvement and implementing change in collaboration with the wider MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) and external partners within North Central London. Current projects include the breast pain pathway and provision of nurse led clinics to facilitate follow up of patients receiving targeted therapies.



The post holder will ideally be working at an advanced level of practice, and will have completed their non medical prescriber (NMP) course.



Please see attached for full details of this role.



Inclusive leadership, professional standards, and accountability



Uphold and display the Trust values. Demonstrate compassionate, inclusive, visible, and reliable leadership to the Breast CNS Team and ensure high quality patient centred clinical care is delivered. Ensure breast nursing practice reflects current clinical developments and is evidence based. Enhancement of own role and that of team members through continuing professional development. In conjunction with the Senior Nurse Leadership Team actively embed the Trust's Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Strategy locally within areas of responsibility. Lead on the improvement of nursing standards by promoting evidence-based practice. Participate in the development, use and evaluation of integrated care pathways in breast. Work as part of the breast multi-disciplinary team, in developing models of care. Demonstrate and maintaining clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own areas of expertise. Work collaboratively in developing, leading, and facilitating a seamless patient pathway through the service. Represent the Division at designated meetings. Deputise for the Lead Cancer Nurse as required. Be the Line Manager for Breast CNS' and Breast CSW.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.



Please see attached for full details of this role.



Inclusive leadership, professional standards, and accountability



Uphold and display the Trust values. Demonstrate compassionate, inclusive, visible, and reliable leadership to the Breast CNS Team and ensure high quality patient centred clinical care is delivered. Ensure breast nursing practice reflects current clinical developments and is evidence based. Enhancement of own role and that of team members through continuing professional development. In conjunction with the Senior Nurse Leadership Team actively embed the Trust's Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Strategy locally within areas of responsibility. Lead on the improvement of nursing standards by promoting evidence-based practice. Participate in the development, use and evaluation of integrated care pathways in breast. Work as part of the breast multi-disciplinary team, in developing models of care. Demonstrate and maintaining clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own areas of expertise. Work collaboratively in developing, leading, and facilitating a seamless patient pathway through the service. Represent the Division at designated meetings. Deputise for the Lead Cancer Nurse as required. * Be the Line Manager for Breast CNS' and Breast CSW.