Job overview

The Royal Marsden Private care breast team are looking for an experienced, dynamic nurse who is passionate about the patient experience and the delivery of high quality patient-focused care.
This post is a band 7 Clinical Nurse specialist role for 15 months to cover maternity leave. The post involves acting as a keyworker to patients diagnosed with primary and metastatic breast cancer and providing support and information throughout their cancer pathway as well as participation in service development. Successful candidates will have a minimum of 5 years post registration experience and have knowledge in breast surgery, oncology and ideally, having some palliative care knowledge and skills managing patients with advancing disease. Advanced communication skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the specialty. In addition, the post holder will be required to liaise with their peers across the Trust, the
divisional management team and appropriate corporate directorates and teams. The post holder will be expected to liaise with colleagues external to the Trust and national networks as appropriate to the specialty.

1.1 To provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of the patient with breast cancer acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
1.2 To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports nursing practice within Breast cancer care
1.3 To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team to achieve a synchronised specialist service.
1.4 To provide informal and formal teaching, e.g. academic courses provided by the  school of nursing

Work closely with members of the MDT and CNS team to deliver personalised evidence-based care. Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer. To act as a resource for patients and the clinical team by the provision of comprehensive specialist advice, information, teaching and training both within RMH and externally regarding breast cancer.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.