Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Are you motivated and passionate about cancer care?

Do you want to make a real difference to every one of your patients?

If the answer to these is yes – then the Pancreatic, Hepato-Biliary and Neuroendocrine Tumour CNS team  would love you to hear from you.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 6 Associate Clinical Nurse Specailist to join our small team.   This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who wants to make a difference to the lives of individuals living with cancer. We are looking for someone who looking for a new challenge and wants to expand their skills in this challenging but rewarding field of Nursing. If you think you can help deliver compassionate, outstanding care to our patients, we would like to hear from you.

• As an HPB and NET Cancer Associate Nurse Specialist the post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Upper Gastrointestinal Specialty. They will deliver specialist nursing advice as a clinical expert to support and facilitate high quality individualised care to patients, relatives and carers in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to all patients diagnosed with HPB and NET malignancies in line with local and national targets
• An autonomous practitioner, responsible for the assessment, primary and/or secondary diagnosis, management and evaluation of treatment and/or care for a caseload of patients.
• Co-ordinate and implement an overall strategy of evidence-based care for a caseload of patients
• Support the lead CNS to ensure the clinical multidisciplinary team deliver a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service where compassion is embedded and a positive patient experience is achieved.
• Provide strong professional clinical skills and act as a professional role model.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Current RN with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications.
• Evidence of understanding of the challenges required for a Cancer CNS role and the need to access personal support strategies to maintain resilience.
• Counselling and research awareness.
• Evidence of managing a caseload or care group in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience within specialty with evidence of professional development.
• BSc Degree in relevant field.
• Teaching qualification /experience  with an accredited NMC mentorship course.

Skills and Knowledge

• Clinically competent.
• Articulate and knowledgeable in current healthcare issues and the cancer agenda.
• Clinical decision making skills.
• Organisational skills and forward planning.
• Flexibility.
• Coaching and mentoring skills.
• Critical appraisal skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• IT literate.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.