Job Description

Are you an experienced and motivated cancer nurse looking for the next step in your career?



The Cancer Nursing Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Band 7 Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader to join our team.



In this pivotal role, you'll provide expert care and leadership within the skin cancer service, helping to shape high-quality, patient-centred care across the Trust. Based at York Hospital, the role also requires the flexibility to travel as part of your responsibilities.



If you're passionate about cancer care and ready to take on a leadership role within a supportive and forward-thinking team, we'd love to hear from you.



The role requires a registered nurse who can work autonomously within their scope of practice and of the job description and support the team to deliver safe effective care to our patients. Furthermore, the appointee must be equipped with excellent communication skills and the ability to work within a diverse multi-disciplinary group of clinicians, patients, and allied healthcare providers.



You must be self-motivated, enthusiastic, organised, computer literate and able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a commitment to continued personal development.



We would strongly encourage anyone interested in this exciting opportunity to contact us for further details. Please ring - Tracey Doherty - 01904 21822

We look forward to receiving your application!



About the Role



The principal role of the post holder is to work within a high-quality specialist service to meet the needs of the patient with a skin cancer. This will involve the continual development of patient pathways for the assessment, implementation and management of care for this patient group.



The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and information resources for multi-disciplinary staff, colleagues, patients and families. The post holder will support the physical, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual needs of the patient who has a diagnosis of a skin cancer.



The role will incorporate assessment of educational needs of staff and the formulation and delivery of programmes of education to multi-disciplinary team members. The post holder will inform needs for service development and will initiate and implement service development and delivery. The role will provide a key link within the Cancer Alliance, enhancing communication and continuity of care between the cancer unit and the centre.

To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd



Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants



27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)



A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave



Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme



NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme



An extensive range of learning and development opportunities



Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers



For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment:

job description.



Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY and remote interviews will not be offered.



Validity of the NMC pin will be checked at shortlisting and inaccuracies may mean we are unable to progress your application further.



Working for the Trust



Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.



Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.



As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.



Armed Forces Friendly Employer



We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.