Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Support Specialist
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Employer
- Maggie's
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Town
- Lanarkshire
- Salary
- £33,535 - £44,911
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 18:00
Employer heading
Cancer Support Specialist – Maggie’s Lanarkshire
Job Title: Cancer Support Specialist - Lanarkshire
Salary: £33,535 - £44,911 DOE
Location of appointment: Maggie's Lanarkshire, Elizabeth Montgomerie Building, Monklands Hospital, Monkscourt Avenue, Airdrie ML6 0JS
Full Time, 37.5hrs/week, Monday – Friday
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Cancer Support Specialist to join the team at our Lanarkshire centre in Airdrie.
You will have a warm empathic manner and enthusiasm and willingness to develop skills of providing cancer support in an innovative programme that integrates contributions from a range of professional disciplines.
You will have a nursing degree (or equivalent training), current state registration and at least three years' post-qualification experience within an oncology nursing or related setting. A post-graduate qualification in a relevant field would be advantageous.
You will be emotionally sensitive yet resilient, organised, and able to manage the demands of ongoing emotionally intense work.
Your responsibilities
- Help individuals, families and groups engage with, and utilise, Maggie’s psychosocial programme of support through ongoing work with them.
- Provide person-focused, care support and a commitment to working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Liaise with colleagues to ensure appropriate internal referrals of centre visitors.
- Lead on delegated aspects of facilitated psychosocial and psychoeducational components of Maggie's programme.
Read the full job description for more information.
Benefits we offer
In addition to a highly rewarding career, we offer a range of staff benefits, including:
- a unique, experiential induction week based in one of our centres
- a competitive holiday entitlement
- workplace pension with the option to apply to continue NHS pension
- the option to apply for a Bike Loan, Travel Card Loan, Ride to Work scheme and much more.
Read more about our staff benefits
How to apply
Take a look at the full job description CSS Band 6 - Lanarkshire.pdf
Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] by 6th May 2024 at 06 pm.
Please note the vacancy may close early for the right candidate.
Interviews will be conducted in person at the Maggie's Lanarkshire centre.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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.
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