Macmillan Nursing Associate in Cancer

2 months ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

NHS AfC: Band 4

**Main area**
- Cancer Services

**Grade**
- NHS AfC: Band 4

**Contract**
- Fixed term: 24 months

**Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

**Job ref**
- 164-4989734-D

**Site**
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City and QMC Campus

**Town**
- Nottingham

**Salary**
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- Today at 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Nursing associates to join Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams to help support patients and deliver the personalised care agenda to our patients for a 24 month fixed term basis.

Each post is Macmillan funded for 24 months and will work in one of the following cancer CNS teams Colorectal surgery, Gynaecology and within the Oncology specialty. The post will either be at QMC site, City Hospital site or a combination of both depending on the specialty.

Each post will be embedded within Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams and work closely with each MDT to offer and support patients in the completion of Holistic Needs Assessments and the development of a support plan, as well as to support in the implementation of treatment summaries and a sustained personalised stratified follow up pathway.

We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills to work in this innovative role, demonstrating how the unique role of the Nursing Associate can support both our patients and our Clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

The Macmillan Nursing Associate role will work as an integral part of Cancer Nurse Specialist Teams to support patients and assist with delivering the personalised care offer for all patients in line with their scope of practice.

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient/client care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

The post holder will support the Registered Nurse in ensuring the delivery of high quality patient/client care upholding dignity, delivered with kindness and compassion.

Support the Cancer Nurse Specialist Team in delivering the core principles of the Personalised Care in Cancer services, specifically the ‘Macmillan Right by You Principles’

Provide and monitor the nursing care for a designated group of patients/clients during a care episode within cancer care services.

Actively contribute to an effective learning environment and support others in their learning as appropriate.

The post holder will promote a team nursing philosophy of care.

Working for our organisation

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Nottingham University Hospitals is one of the busiest Hospitals in the UK, with a number of regional specialist cancer services. As part of the commitment of the NHS to deliver care to meet the needs of our cancer patients, Macmillan Cancer Support have supported NUH in the development of 4 Nursing Associate posts for 24 months to work within Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams. These innovative posts will utilise the unique skills of the Nursing Associate to support our patients within Colorectal, Gynaecology and Oncology services to identify their individual needs and signpost to support services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To contribute to assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of patients/service users care and management, ensuring provision of patient/client centred care in cancer

Supports the cancer nurse specialist team by having appropriate regular supported conversations with the person living with cancer, assisting in distributing Holistic Needs Assessment tools for patients to complete. Supports the CNS in providing relevant information and advice and signposting the patient to other Macmillan resources and services supporting them to self-manage.

Following a holistic needs assessment, assists the CNS to coordinate care with the person living with cancer so they can access the right help at the right time, providing a seamless experience of care. Checks that the person is able to self-manage and provides a flexible and personalised response to any changes in need

Navigates the complex health and social care system, both during and following completion of cancer treatment, by building relationships with professionals and facilitating access to these services including supporting the CNS to generate referrals on the person’s behalf where necessary

Supports the CNS to provide practical and emotional support to the person living with cancer and their families. Recognises information needs may change over time and works with the person to ensure they have all the information and support they need at all stages of their cancer journey

Supports the CNS to document and monitor all aspects of care coordination and service del



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