Cancer Specialist Professional

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Professional to join the Macmillan Next Steps Cancer Rehabilitation Service on a six-month fixed-term basis. Macmillan Next Steps is a community-based cancer rehabilitation service supporting people living with and beyond cancer to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life. We are looking for a motivated and innovative individual with strong clinical and leadership skills to help support the delivery and ongoing development of the service., Working alongside the existing Band 7 Team Lead, you will provide specialist clinical support, leadership and supervision to the team. You will undertake holistic patient assessments and triage, provide individualised 1:1 rehabilitation support to patients with complex physical and psychological needs, and empower individuals to manage the ongoing consequences of cancer and its treatment. You will also contribute to service improvement and development, support the delivery of patient education and health and wellbeing programmes, and work collaboratively with colleagues across primary care, secondary care and the voluntary sector.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, experience of multidisciplinary working and a passion for delivering holistic, person-centred care. If you are passionate about cancer rehabilitation and making a positive difference to the lives of people affected by cancer, we would love to hear from you.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.