Specialist Nurse Practitioner - Aylesford Unit

To provide expert care, advice and support to patients receiving treatment on an inpatient, day case and out-patient basis, and to their families, and act as a resource for other staff. As a clinical leader, the post holder will lead on the implementation of the service objectives.

The main emphasis of this role is clinical and includes the development and leadership of a nurse led service including nurse-led clinics and chemotherapy services to provide for the needs of patients and their families.

This is an innovative post aimed at developing future cancer leaders. The post holder will include shared working experience between 4 key posts.

Lead Chemotherapy Nurse.

Education and Development Nurse.

Acute Oncology Nurse.

Nursing Management

Clinical Responsibilities

The post holder will provide direct, specialised care and advice to patients within a defined case load, using specialist nursing skills and ensuring that care and support to patients and families is sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy.

To act as a patients advocate and to give advice regarding treatment options in order that patients are able to give informed consent. To take informed consent from patients and their families.

To work in collaboration with all members of the multi-disciplinary team in order to ensure the provision of a quality service for patients and their families.

To collaborate with multi-disciplinary team and produce a quality framework for the purpose of auditing and evaluating cancer and chemotherapy services.

To support the day case treatment suite clinically and professionally on a daily basis. Providing clinical advice and support to staff and monitoring the patients attending the unit.

To participate in nurse led chemotherapy and emergency clinics.

To work with the Acute Oncology Team to support inpatients, outpatients and the day case treatment suite clinically and professionally on a daily basis. Providing clinical advice and support to staff and monitoring the patients attending the unit. To participate in the acute oncology nurse rota including weekends and bank holidays.

To check and/or administer chemotherapy, as appropriate, according to the relevant Trust policies and procedures including close monitoring of the patient pre/post and during chemotherapy treatment.

Perform cannulation, venepuncture, and venesections on patients.

Undertake emergency assessment of the unwell patient with cancer e.g. acute neutropenic sepsis providing the appropriate management and supportive therapies.

As a Nurse Independent Prescriber prescribe chemotherapy and supportive drugs for patients attending the Aylesford Unit or Rigby Unit.

Managerial Responsibilities

To evaluate existing services within the unit, identifying gaps in this clinical service and making recommendations on improvements and their implementation in order of priority.

In collaboration with Nurse Consultant and other team members regularly review established policies relating to current clinical practice develop new policies as necessary based upon current research findings and ensure effective implementation.

To facilitate access to support services for patients, carers and staff.

To develop and maintain links with the cancer centre ensuring a seamless passage of care for patients requiring intensive cancer treatment.

To provide statistical data regarding caseload and activity.

To recommend to the Nurse Consultant ways in which current clinical practice could be improved upon and advice upon likely future developments which will have implications on the existing resources within the department.

Maintain awareness of, and ensure that all members of the team comply with, Trust, local and national policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Assess existing information systems and advise of potential areas of improvement with the intention of securing and maintaining information on cancer related activity.

Management of Resources

Ensure effective and efficient use of resources.

Use and deploy resources to achieve optimum value for money without detriment to patient care.

Assist the Nurse Consultant in identifying resource implications associated with service improvements and changes in clinical practices.

Observe a personal duty of care when using equipment and resources.

Promote and demonstrate research-based practice, initiate research projects and encourage and support staff who wish to be actively involved in service development.

To undertake research and development plus clinical audit in relation to all areas of responsibility.

To ensure implementation of national acute oncology measures in Lead Chemotherapy Nurse/ Lead Acute Oncology Nurse role.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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