Band 8a Lead Nurse Cancer Immunotherapy

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

provide support for patients receiving immunotherapy treatment

manage patients on treatment within nurse-led prescribing clinics

provide pan-tumour IO toxicity clinics with support from a wider multidisciplinary team

liase with endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology, rheumatology, hepatology, dermatology, neurology and respiratory teams to manage toxicity associated with treatment using existing pathways

Ensure the effective running of the immunotherapy toxicity MDT and contribute to network meetings

to provide strategic direction for nurses delivering cancer immunotherapy across the Trust.

collaborate with the Consultant Nurse SACT Clinical Lead for Immunotherapy Oncology, identify and interpret (at local level) the priorities for delivery of immunotherapy, co-ordinating service development and implementation across the Trust.

be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics and services.

review and support the patient pre-immunotherapy information & education sessions across sites

Maintain existing and be responsible for new written patient information in this area

liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries.

work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research based and enhance the quality of patient care.

lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development, and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.

contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated groups of patients receiving cancer immunotherapy

provide training and education within specialist area to nurses, doctors across departments as required

Contribute to the writing of clinical guidelines and service improvement which reflects changes in best practice in this field

promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities.

to scope any unmet needs for this group of patients.

to act as a visible role model and expert practitioner.

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered general nurse
Relevant first degree
Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
Advanced assessment qualification
Evidence of recent professional / management / leadership development
Non- medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake

Desirable criteria

Masters degree or working towards

Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial experience in a senior nurse operational role in an acute NHS setting
Experience in running nurse led clinics
Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
Knowledge and experience of leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvements
Experience of developing business and workforce plans in line with future service requirements
Extensive knowledge and experience of practice and policy across a broad range of responsibilities, e.g. financial systems & budgetary control, corporate and clinical governance, health & safety and human resources
Experience of motivating staff and improving individuals and team performance
Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
Experience of managing employment relation issues
Budgetary management skills

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills and highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills
Ability to act autonomously in planning & implementing tasks
Ability to organise diverse teams to deliver high standard of patient care
Evidence of participation in audit & the promotion of evidence based practice
Proven ability to influence others through research findings
To prepare written reports and contribute to business planning and service delivery
Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management

Covid-19 Vaccination

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

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Please note:

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
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