Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Head & Neck and Neuro

Location: The Harley Street Clinic-London

Hours: 37.5hrs pw- (Mon-Fri)

Salary: £45,000-£53,000 (Dependent on skills & experience) + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)

Brilliant opportunity for Head & Neck and Neuro Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the team @ HCA Healthcare UK

The Post holder will be required to work autonomously as the Clinical Nurse Specialist for Head & Neck and Neuro Oncology across Harley Street Clinic, LOC & Sarah Cannon.

The role includes managing a caseload of patients diagnosed with and having treatment for these specialities. The role will include collaboration and liaison with Consultant medical staff, ward/departmental staff, and other CNSs within HCA, to provide seamless evidence based holistic pathway of care for all patients referred into the service.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work within The Harley Street & other facility clinical nurse specialists to provide expert clinical advice to the healthcare team taking into account all aspects of Clinical Governance.
• Promote and develop the use of evidence based practice to improve the outcomes of patient care by enabling people to access, identify, appraise and interpret information to meet their needs
• Provide specialist advice, guidance and support at an advanced level of knowledge to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Be an educational resource and participate in the continuing education of the multi-professional health care team in all aspects of their specific specialities.
• Participate in and initiate clinical audit undertaken in relation to specific needs and the ongoing service development.
• Expand and develop existing and new networks to ensure the dissemination of best practice across The Harley Street Clinic & HCA, and nationally for patients with oncology needs

Skills & Experience:

• NMC registered Nurse
• Extensive experience Head & Neck and Neuro with Oncology, radiotherapy background or has preferably experience working as a Head & Neck and Neuro Oncology Nurse Specialist
• The role requires experience in both Medical Oncology and Clinical oncology.
• Knowledge of surgical and radiological interventions for Head & Neck and Neuro is also an advantage.
• Post Registration Qualification relevant to the role.
• Experience of working within the Clinical Nurse Specialist role or similar senior level
• Master’s degree or working towards-Desirable
• Knowledge of relevant national cancer policies and procedures
• Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills

About us:

HCA Healthcare UK – The World’s largest private healthcare group; providing award winning primary, acute and complex care.

At The Harley Street Clinic, we provide a range of complex care services for adults, specialising in oncology, cardiology/cardiaothoracic surgery, major complex surgery and neurosurgery. From pioneering techniques to treat cancer, our clinicians work together to provide the best possible care and treatments for our patients. Our staff always go the extra mile in caring for our patients which can be demonstrated by our recent outstanding rating, awarded by the CQC.

We were recently awarded “Best Private Hospital Group” at the 2020 Health Investor Awards.

We continually invest in medical technology, and were the first centre in the UK to perform radiotherapy using the innovative Cyberknife technique, allowing surgeons to treat tumours that were previously deemed inoperable.

If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.