Macmillan Prostate Cancer Pathway Cns

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established Urology nursing team based at **Salford Care organisation **to lead on setting up a brand new ‘remote monitoring’ service, providing care and supporting ongoing management of patients who have been treated for prostate cancer across the Northern Care Alliance single service.

The post holder will be expected to develop their scope of professional practice to meet the needs of the service and be expected to take up the key worker role for patients who have completed their treatment and are suitable to be followed up remotely. You will be responsible for working with IT, financial, managerial, and clinical experts to develop a safe and effective PSA monitoring system incorporating stratified follow up guidelines, delivering personalised care and encouraging a culture of self-management.

You will have the opportunity to develop knowledge, understanding and clinical skills in the management of patients with urological cancers and there may be opportunities in the future for further role development. You will be expected to demonstrate sound leadership skills in leading and delivering a new service whilst fostering collaborative working relationships, leadership, consultation, and education.

**Main duties of the job**:
To lead on setting up a brand new ‘remote monitoring’ service, providing care and supporting ongoing management of patients who have been treated for prostate cancer. The post holder will be expected to develop their scope of professional practice to meet the needs of the service and be expected to take up the key worker role for patients who have completed their treatment and are suitable to be followed up remotely.

You will be responsible for working with IT, financial, managerial and clinical experts to develop a safe and effective PSA monitoring system incorporating stratified follow up guidelines, delivering personalised care and encouraging a culture of self-management.

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop knowledge, understanding and clinical skills in in the management of patients with urological cancers and there may be opportunities in the future for further role development. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate sound leadership skills in leading and delivering a new service whilst fostering collaborative working relationships, leadership, consultation and education.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NMC registration
- 2 years Urology experience

**Knowledge and skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Minimum of 2 years Urology experience
- Post registration teaching and assessment experience
- Presentation and teaching experience
- Highly developed Communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of personalised care, supported self-management, stratified follow up

**Desirable criteria**:

- Previous CNS experience
- Knowledge of prostate cancer pathways
- Research and audit and data analysis
- Evidence of team working

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**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.