Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

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Job overview

You  will act as  a Keyworker for metastatic breast cancer patients  providing a link between patients and health care professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care and act as an advocate for patients/families.

Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KRFT) is pleased to be able to work in partnership with the Royal Marsden Hospital Medical Oncologists in the provision of breast cancer treatments.

You  will ensure your role reflects the core components of the clinical nurse specialist which includes clinical practice, management/organisation, education, research and audit, taking into account the national cancer agenda and its impact on service delivery.

You will continually develop, implement and evaluate the Metastatic Breast Cancer Service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework.
You will be a clinical expert in breast cancer with excellent communication skills. The role requires the ability to work autonomously and independently but within an integrated collaborative team.

KRFT breast cancer nursing team is an active member of the Pan-London cancer services network, and the post-holder will be expected to participate in the Pan-London Breast Care Nursing Group.

You will need to work on a full day on a Wednesday then either a Monday or a Thursday.

Main duties of the job

• You will work alongside the medical oncologists  and collaboratively with the acute oncology service (AOS). You will refer to the specialist palliative care services where appropriate. Promoting a seamless pathway of care and prevent crisis, inappropriate admissions and reduce hospital inpatient stay.
• Develop and facilitate in Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) clinics for patients at the point of recurrence or diagnosis of secondary disease, during treatment and at any point of when individual needs arise thereafter.
• Provide a physical /virtual presence and point of contact for patients with metastatic disease either in person or by telephone contact.

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