# Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist - TYA

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £58133.00 to £65261.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are expanding our Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist teams here at Imperial, and this is an exciting opportunity to take on a band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist role in TYA.

You will collaboratively work with the site-specific cancer CNS teams to support cancer patients aged 16-24. We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated nurse to join this service.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced TYA cancer nurse with advanced communication skills. You will have an excellent understanding of patient experience and support and delivering high-quality care to those within the TYA setting.

You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise and the service at ICHT while being supported by the wider TYA network including the primary treatment centre based at UCLH. You will provide support, education and specialist advice to patients, carers and health professionals. You will need to be a leader, work autonomously as well as being part of a team and working with your peer CNSs to improve TYA cancer patient care and experience.

This is a great opportunity to develop your experience as TYA CNS, enhancing your leadership and clinical skills in a leading hospital, while being part of the wider Cancer CNS community of practice at ICHT and the TYA network.

Our services work across 3 hospital sites, some roles may require cross site travel.

**Main duties of the job**

- A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is a registered nurse with relevant experience and post-registration education for working at an enhanced level within a specific area of practice. They assess, manage, deliver care, advise on, and support patients.

- CNSs have the autonomy to act and accept responsibility and accountability for their actions, acting as a skilled advisor for patients, or a resource for others.

- CNSs perform specialist holistic assessment and treatment using a personalised approach. This is characterised by a level of decision making based on detailed knowledge and understanding of their area of practice.

- As part of the multidisciplinary team CNSs can work in or across many settings, depending on their area of expertise and scope of practice.

**Benefits**

- Career development, flexible working and wellbeing

- Staff recognition scheme

- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities

## Skills

### Required
- NMC registration
- post-registration qualification in speciality or relevant subject at level 7
- advanced communication skills
- recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable teaching experience

### Nice to have
- MSc or MA in related speciality
- recognised physical assessment module at level 7
- leadership course
- quality improvement training

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