Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Breast Unit at The Countess of Chester Hospital.
We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, motivated team player who is looking for a new challenge. The post holder will be an identified key worker for a patient caseload, providing support for those patients through diagnosis and treatment. Co-ordinating treatment and care, working independently as a core member of the Breast team. The post is for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
The post holder will be expected to undertake nurse led clinics, telephone advice and results clinic. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care. They will provide specialist advice, support and clinical practice for patients, relatives and other health professionals.
The post holder will work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and deliver high standards of care. They will demonstrate good communication and organisational skills. The post holder should be caring and motivated towards providing a high quality service for patients with breast disease. They will demonstrate an open and proactive attitude towards developing their role to meet the needs of the service.
Please see the attached job description for further details.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.??
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
