NET / Urology Oncology Nurse

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams including clinical nurse specialists, oncology teams, and allied health professionals to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across the cancer pathway. Main duties of the job As post holder, your duties will include:

• Attending new pt and NET follow up clinics
• Running lanreotide and oral SACT assessment and delivery clinics
• Liaising with London and Colchester hospitals for pt who are referred there for PRRT
• Ensuring regular hospital pathological tests eg CgA and 5HIAA done in timely manner and results discussed with consultants
• Attend NET MDT
• Lise with surgery / interventional radiology for patients needing inpatient octreotide pre procedures and arrange beds/appointments
• To re-establish and chair NET patient support group
• To help establish and manage patients on PRRT once established locally
• To establish nurse led follow up clinics for stable and post op surveillance patients
• To support the urology CNS nursing team, To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
• To manage a specified case load of patients, providing information and support, to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
• To work closely with the Consultants, medical and nursing staff, multi-disciplinary team and Heads of Department within the Directorate.
• To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
• To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support.
• To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and outside the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients
• To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
• To respond to telephone enquiries and co-ordinate admission or changes in appointment dates as warranted by the patients clinical condition, including operation of a telephone helpline for the relevant speciality if required.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patients symptoms and in liaison with the Medical team organise investigations as required.
• To supply and/or administer medication according to Patient Group Directions or in accordance with the Trusts Prescribing Policy for registered nurse prescribers.
• To monitor the effectiveness and efficacy of treatments/drug therapy and implement any changes necessary.
Please see the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities. Job description, To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
• To manage a specified case load of patients, providing information and support, to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
• To work closely with the Consultants, medical and nursing staff, multi-disciplinary team and Heads of Department within the Directorate.
• To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
• To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support.
• To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and outside the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients
• To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
• To respond to telephone enquiries and co-ordinate admission or changes in appointment dates as warranted by the patients clinical condition, including operation of a telephone helpline for the relevant speciality if required.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patients symptoms and in liaison with the Medical team organise investigations as required.
• To supply and/or administer medication according to Patient Group Directions or in accordance with the Trusts Prescribing Policy for registered nurse prescribers.
• To monitor the effectiveness and efficacy of treatments/drug therapy and implement any changes necessary., Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
  
  We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Oncology Specialist Nurse (Band 6) to join our dynamic oncology team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse with a passion for cancer care to provide specialist support to patients diagnosed with colorectal and gynaecological cancers., Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality, Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality
• Ability to provide high quality patient centred care
• Ability to lead, motivate and to encourage others in a team
Attitude, aptitude Essential
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
• Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality, Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality
• Ability to provide high quality patient centred care
• Ability to lead, motivate and to encourage others in a team
Attitude, aptitude Essential
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  
  Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
  
  The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity. We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics