Job overview

Homerton Healthcare are seeking are seeing to appoint a highly motivated and experienced senior nurse who will lead our cancer nursing strategy to ensure our patients receive high quality, empathetic and compassionate care.

Homerton is a high performing trust for cancer; we are one of the best hospitals in the country for diagnosing patients within 28 days of referral. Our clinicians prioritise cancer patients, however there is work to be done to improve patient experience before and after cancer treatment. 

You will be part of a passionate team within Cancer Services who are motivated to improve the care that our patients receive: working alongside other clinical services to improve clinical pathways, find innovative solutions and provide personalised care to patients.

This post is for a fixed term period of 12 months.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

  • You will be required to provide strong visible leadership and be clinically credible. The successful candidate will play a key role in providing the strategic direction for improving patient experience within cancer services.
  • You will provide professional leadership for nursing to support the Nursing and Midwifery strategic plan. In addition you will have strategic decision making responsibility for nursing throughout the Trust.
  • This role will involve working with a number of external stakeholders including the ICS, Cancer Alliance and Macmillan.
  • Some key areas of work you will be involved in:
  • Leading cancer nursing teams to deliver high quality, compassionate care
  • Launching a Homerton Prehabilitation Service
  • Improving Homerton’s provision of personalised care for cancer patients including increasing HNA completion and launching additional stratified follow up pathways
  • Supporting teams to improve performance in line with National Cancer Waiting Times guidance so patients are diagnosed and treated quicker.

    • Working for our organisation

    Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

    We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of “Outstanding” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

    Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard’s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

    Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

    We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

    Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

    Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

    Person specification

    Education / Qualification

    Essential criteria

  • Registered Nurse
  • Post Graduate Qualification in relevant field OR appropriate experience

    • Desirable criteria

  • Recognised teaching qualification
  • MSc Qualification
  • Management or Leadership qualification

    • Skills / Abilities

    Essential criteria

  • Established leadership skills
  • Decision making skill
  • Budget Management skills
  • Performance management skills
  • Report writing skills

    • Desirable criteria

  • Project management experience
  • Change management experience

    • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Substantive experience at senior practitioner level
  • Service auditing experience
  • Management of a nursing team

    • Trust Values

    Essential criteria

  • Understand and Demonstrate Trust Values

    • Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Expert Clinical Knowledge within Cancer
  • Awareness of the needs of a multiracial community
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management issues

    • General Guidance for Applicants

    The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working wherever possible. The Trust also welcomes applications from candidates wishing to job share with or without job share partners.

    We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

    The Trust offers a number of benefits, including a relocation loan for new starters moving to the area. More details on our range of benefits can be found on the Homerton website.

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