Radiographer

Job overview

• To work as a named nurse for men with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, providing support and information to men and their families. Across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 
 

Main duties of the job

 To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of patients with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer.
• This will include clinical assessment, planning, and initiating care and treatment, monitoring of disease progression and efficacy of treatment and the proactive management of treatment and disease related side effects. Within independent nurse led clinic review and telephone support. 
• To act as a key link between the multidisciplinary team and the patient, ensuring communication across professional boundaries. Facilitate the transition through to clinical oncological / urology care at a timely and appropriate time and continue the named nurse role.
• Provide evidence-based care for a caseload of patients alongside the clinical oncologist. 
• To provide support to the wider prostate cancer CNS team during planned leave and sickness. 

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Acheived Grade and Years of Experience

Essential criteria

Registered Adult Nursing Qualification

Desirable criteria

Degree or relevant experience Masters degree

Interest in Urology and prostate cancer

Essential criteria

Competencies achieved within practice Evidence of self directed learning around subject area

Management of team and self

Essential criteria

evidence of management skills within current banding Evidence of change management

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