Job summary
- Main area
- Head and Neck
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: 30 hour contract
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-SURG0198-RH&NB
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hampshire County Hospital
- Town
- Winchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Head and Neck CNS
Band 6
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.
Job overview
Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust considers the Clinical Nurse Specialist role as a keystone to the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important objective for the organisation. This clinical nurse specialist role therefore has the authority required to deliver the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in this job description.
The post holder will work collaboratively, as a core member of the head and neck team, with key groups of staff at both Winchester and Southampton Hospital and community and primary care settings as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of a Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist is to work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team and others within oral and maxillofacial, surgical, oncology, skin and palliative care in the planning and delivery of treatment plans for patients to optimise health outcomes.
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
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
- • Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
- • Formal training &/or experience in mentorship
- • Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
- • Post registration qualifications in field of expertise or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
Desirable criteria
- • Leadership and management qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work.
- • Advanced communication skills training
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of dealing with cancer patients in a variety of settings.
- • Knowledge of head and neck cancer and treatment options
- • Evidence of continued professional development clearly recorded for professional profile
- • Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience to degree level
- • Awareness of local and national agenda within speciality.
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of implementing a change to promote good practice
- • Evidence of the ability to deliver formal and informal learning sessions to all groups of professionals
- • Experience of working within cancer care
- • Experience and understanding of national cancer care strategies
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- • Good level of IT skills in word processing, emails and spreadsheets.
- • Able to be adaptable and work in a professional, flexible and proactive approach.
- • Ability to motivate self and others.
- • Ability to regularly flex from working alone to working within a large, multidisciplinary team.
- • Have a positive and keen interest in advancing clinical practice.
- • Demonstrate a positive attitude and genuine commitment to service development.
- • Good written and verbal communication skills.
- • A calm and composed manner.
Desirable criteria
- • Advanced communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information.
- • Customer Service experience i.e. dealing with complaints, to manage any barriers to information
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
- • Ability to travel to other sites in Hampshire and the UK on an ad hoc basis.
- • Potential for national and international travel for conferences
- • To be flexible in working approach and hours
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexandra Costa
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Head and Neck
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01962825987
- Additional information
Email is the preferred means of communication
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