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.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to work withing the Rapid Diagnostic Team (RDC). The Rapid Diagnostics Clinic manages outpatients who are referred with non-specific symptoms to exclude or make a cancer diagnosis. The post holder will be an experienced nurse who can work  within their professional boundaries to assess, make clinical decisions, communicate results to patients and manage a case load of patients with support. They will work collaboratively within the Rapid Diagnostics Team, Primary Care, Cancer Services and other services within the hospital.

This role will develop the post holder towards providing expert level cancer diagnostics and assessments, with the potential to support development into an ANP role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the RDCC multidisciplinary team. They will be the main point of liaison between patients, local GPs, Same Day Emergency Care and other medical specialty teams including Gastroenterology, Haematology, Senior Health, and Surgical Teams.

The post holder will undertake vetting of referrals, assessment and examination with appropriate support of patients in clinic. You will be expected to request tests and investigations for patients as appropriate.  Acting as keyworker, the CNS will co-ordinate the patient’s cancer pathway between hospital departments such as medicine and radiology with close support and input from the, RDCC ANP, RDCC GPwER and Lead Consultant. Together, with the Patient Navigator, they will act as the point of contact between the patient and the various specialty teams involved in the diagnostic process.

The post holder will be responsible for communicating results of investigations to patients and advising of further diagnostic procedures as required. The post holder will also work closely with the Patient Navigator and ANP to meet NHS England minimum data set requirements and the cancer alliance KPI’s, as well as actively contributing to the on-going development of the pathway and the collection of data related to the project. In due course the post holder will be encouraged to help collate and present the data at local and national meetings.

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us.  After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.  From the moment you join us,  we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment.  Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.  We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme,  and a range of other support and activities. 

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are.  We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring