Associate GI Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

• To develop and maintain a caseload of patients and act as the nominated Key Worker from diagnosis, or during the cancer pathway. • To ensure robust handover processes are in place between Key Workers when care is transferred between organisations. • To be responsible for ensuring patients are aware of how to contact the CNS team and recording this relationship in the medical records. • To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, recognising the value of this way of working and contributing to the process involved in team decision-making. • To provide nursing advice, education and support to patients with actual or suspected cancer and their families, throughout the course of their illness from pre-diagnosis onwards. • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, actively seeking evidence based practice that will support clinical outcomes as appropriate. • To undertake assessment of physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual issues at key points in the pathway using a Holistic Needs Assessment tool and develop appropriate management plans and advice. • To sustain a high quality service with the wider multidisciplinary team within the Trust, oncology teams, referring hospitals, tertiary centres and primary care to ensure co-ordinated care is provided. • To work alongside the Multidisciplinary Team Co-ordinator to facilitate the patient journey. • To attend and participate in the cancer Multidisciplinary team meetings • To act as the patient’s advocate, respecting privacy, confidentiality and cultural diversity and promote this approach to care in other members of staff. • To have a high profile within clinical areas and work in partnership with nursing and other multidisciplinary staff to ensure that care, treatment and service needs are met, ensuring a standard approach to the delivery of excellent nursing and supportive care. • To take a lead role in promoting a healthy lifestyle for patients and their families, in line with national strategy requirements. • Deal appropriately with highly distressing information/news and support patients, relatives and staff through the bereavement process • Interpret, analyse and respond to test results whilst ensuring patient’s safety • Arrange appropriate follow up appointments, referral to other disciplines and letters to GPs as necessary Job description Job responsibilities • To develop and maintain a caseload of patients and act as the nominated Key Worker from diagnosis, or during the cancer pathway. • To ensure robust handover processes are in place between Key Workers when care is transferred between organisations. • To be responsible for ensuring patients are aware of how to contact the CNS team and recording this relationship in the medical records. • To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, recognising the value of this way of working and contributing to the process involved in team decision-making. • To provide nursing advice, education and support to patients with actual or suspected cancer and their families, throughout the course of their illness from pre-diagnosis onwards. • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, actively seeking evidence based practice that will support clinical outcomes as appropriate. • To undertake assessment of physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual issues at key points in the pathway using a Holistic Needs Assessment tool and develop appropriate management plans and advice. • To sustain a high quality service with the wider multidisciplinary team within the Trust, oncology teams, referring hospitals, tertiary centres and primary care to ensure co-ordinated care is provided. • To work alongside the Multidisciplinary Team Co-ordinator to facilitate the patient journey. • To attend and participate in the cancer Multidisciplinary team meetings • To act as the patient’s advocate, respecting privacy, confidentiality and cultural diversity and promote this approach to care in other members of staff. • To have a high profile within clinical areas and work in partnership with nursing and other multidisciplinary staff to ensure that care, treatment and service needs are met, ensuring a standard approach to the delivery of excellent nursing and supportive care. • To take a lead role in promoting a healthy lifestyle for patients and their families, in line with national strategy requirements. • Deal appropriately with highly distressing information/news and support patients, relatives and staff through the bereavement process • Interpret, analyse and respond to test results whilst ensuring patient’s safety • Arrange appropriate follow up appointments, referral to other disciplines and letters to GPs as necessary