Job summary
Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse passionate about making a difference in cancer treatment. We are looking for a dedicated professional to provide expert information and support, helping us deliver exceptional cancer care across all settings.

In this vital role, you will collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams across departments and organisations, ensuring seamless, patient centred care. You will offer tailored treatment information to empower patients to facilitate informed decision making, taking accountability for your professional practice with minimal supervision.

You will deliver specialist care to patients with UGI cancers and their families, across various care environments. Whether supporting inpatients, leading nurse-led clinics, supporting medically led clinics, your expertise will be crucial.

This role involves handling highly sensitive, complex, and sometimes contentious information. Your ability to anticipate communication barriers, understand influencing factors and proactively seek solutions will be essential in ensuring clear, compassionate communication and optimal patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dedicated Senior Cancer Nurse to support patients with UGI and occasionally HPB cancers throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway, serving as their trusted keyworker, Part time, 15 hours per week.

In this pivotal role, you will not only provide expert patient support but also lead on education and training initiatives for colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous professional growth. Your expertise will contribute to service development through report writing, data collection, audits, and strategic planning.

Key responsibilities include, UGI nurse led clinics, to include triage of patients referred on a suspected UGI cancer pathway, supporting compliance with personalised care.

If you are a proactive leader with a passion for improving cancer services and empowering patients, we'd love to hear from you.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 236-MED-NM225-26

Essential qualifications and training

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
• Relevant health degree / working towards
• Non-Medical-prescribing qualification or a willingness to undertake
• Management and leadership qualification or willingness to undertake
• Advanced Communication Skills training or willingness to undertake

Desirable qualifications

• ENB 998, mentorship module
• Oncology qualification
• Willingness to undertake Masters degree / advanced practice modules (level 7)
• Psychology level 2

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Considerable experience in HPB/UGI cancer nursing
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work with distressing information and in difficult circumstances
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
• Maintenance of policies / guidelines / pathway documents
• Working knowledge of IT packages, e.g. Word / Excel / Outlook

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Ability to lead, monitor and review change
• Experience in research and audit
• Ability to retrieve information from a wide range of sources and in different formats

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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The NCA is committed to providing inclusive, accessible care and building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, identities and beliefs. We are proud supporters of the Armed Forces community and offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who meet the essential criteria. As a Disability Confident Employer, we also guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.