Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6102670
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £66,718 - £76,271 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8 Macmillan Cancer CNS Development Lead (CDL) Post
NHS AfC: Band 8b
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.
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Job overview
This exciting new role is an example of our commitment to the development of Cancer CNS Workforce. We recognise that bespoke support is required to allow aspirant and developmental CNSs to become autonomous professionals, and as such as we are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Cancer CNS.
This is an autonomous senior Cancer CNS role providing system level planning, cross-organisational working and leadership for the Cancer CNS Workforce. We are seeking an individual with a passion for coaching, training and developing Cancer CNSs to apply for the role of a Macmillan Cancer CNS Development Lead (CDL).
The post holder will lead the local implementation of a high-profile project. They will be responsible for the delivery of the CNS Development Lead Pilot Project in the Integrated Care System (ICS) and contribute to the strategic management and development of the project. By working closely with Trust Lead Cancer Nurses and fellow CDL colleagues you will inspire and improve the development of the next generation of Cancer CNS Workforce across the Capital.
It is essential that you have excellent clinical skills, recent experience, and a background knowledge of oncology nursing. The role is a pilot role for two years, in conjunction with pan-London Lead Cancer Nurses, Macmillan, ACCEND and Workforce Education and Training Directorate (WT&ED).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for service development, which will involve scoping and mapping of the existing Cancer CNS workforce capabilities within the ICS footprint, using a project management function to deliver the pilot and to ensure the success of the project and the role. The CDL will play a lead influential role to ensure each Trust Senior People Officer and Directors of Nursing adopt cancer nurse career investments, including incorporating nationally recognised cancer nurse core key performance indicators (KPIs) and competencies into healthcare profiles and secure sustainable funding to enable access to core training opportunities.
The post holder will provide assurance to the Pilot Project Team that robust systems of governance are in place and a high-quality service is being developed and delivered. The post holder will define current processes, facilitate local discussions, and advise the Pilot Project Team as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, and document those processes.
This pilot places a high value on diversity and fairness accordingly a key function of this role will be to encourage, engage and support aspiring CNS from internationally educated backgrounds into CNS roles. You will be responsible for developing and delivering outreach activities within your ICS in line with policy to increase the diversity of Cancer CNS workforce in London to be more representative of the patient population communities.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will be working across all sites within the North Central London Cancer Alliance hospitals. They will be aware of and conform to local trust policies.
They will be line managed via the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free World Class Values
The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike so that everyone at the Royal Free can feel:
- Welcome all of the time
- Confident because we are clearly communicating
- Respected and cared for
- Reassured that they are always in safe hands
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for service development, which will involve scoping and mapping of the existing Cancer CNS workforce capabilities within the ICS footprint, using a project management function to deliver the pilot and to ensure the success of the project and the role. The CDL post holder will play a lead influential role to ensure each Trust Senior People Officer and Directors of Nursing adopt cancer nurse career investments, including incorporating nationally recognised cancer nurse core key performance indicators (KPIs) and competencies into healthcare profiles and secure sustainable funding to enable access to core training opportunities.
The post holder will provide assurance to the Pilot Project Team that robust systems of governance are in place and a high-quality service is being developed and delivered. The post holder will define current processes, facilitate local discussions, and advise the Pilot Project Team as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.
This pilot places a high value on diversity and fairness accordingly a key function of this role will be to encourage, engage and support aspiring CNS from internationally educated backgrounds into CNS roles. You will be responsible for developing and delivering outreach activities within your ICS in line with policy to increase the diversity of Cancer CNS workforce in London to be more representative of the patient population communities. Work with Macmillan and Cancer Alliance Workforce Leads to promote equitable access, recognise and mitigate any inequalities including access for protected characteristics, providing reports to stakeholders on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion findings.
The CDL postholder will accelerate the development of newly appointed CNSs to become confident, autonomous professionals with a skill set fit for purpose for 21st century healthcare and beyond to meet patient and service requirements. You will deliver educational and professional leadership, coaching and mentoring to designated CNSs across multiple trusts within the cluster to ensure that nurses are supported to meet the thresholds within the capabilities framework as set out in by ACCEND. The accelerated development of CNSs will combat the impact of CNSs retiring, leaving the service for promotions etc.
You will work alongside CNSs in their daily practice supporting and challenging knowledge and behaviours to promote CNS Nursing model and the delivery of quality assured personalised care. You will provide motivation to establish new and novel clinical practice supported by audit and research/best evidence-based practice working within the Trust’s clinical Governance framework.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jemma O'Reilly
- Job title
- Royal Free Group Lead Cancer Nurse
- Email address
- jemma.o'[email protected]
- Additional information
Informal pre application conversations can be arranged via email request.
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