Band 8a
Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-CEF-129-25-A
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Aintree
Town
Fazakerley
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/09/2025 23:59
Job Overview
An experienced, motivated and independently minded clinical manager who is able to act on their own initiative, adopting values led 'can do' leadership style within a climate of constant change and uncertainty to support the strategic direction of quality care and compassion of the nursing/AHP service across the organisation.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Nursing, the post holder is expected to function at a senior level within the Cancer Team, proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve complex issues, in accordance with professional standards, agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints.
The post holder will possess leadership skills to deal competently with complex issues in ensuring that professional standards and policy are upheld, implemented and performance managed.
The Lead Cancer Nurse will improve the quality of health care provision for patients with cancer and their families throughout the cancer and palliative care journey by working with patients and staff and play a key role in the integration of cancer care across organisational boundaries.
The post holder will support the Associate Director of Nursing with the translation of national cancer strategy and policy into local delivery plans and will provide an expert nursing perspective in relation to the planning and delivery of cancer services across the cancer pathway.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of the Corporate Cancer Services Team to deliver relevant aspects of the Cancer Improvement Programme pertaining to Cancer Patient Experience and Cancer CNS/AHP workforce identifying opportunities for service redesign, developing recommendations to improve cancer pathways and ensuring best practice is shared across clinical teams
Act as Professional Lead to the Cancer CNSs in each specialty leading the Personalised Care portfolio, including national directives to deliver pre-habilitation, Living With and Beyond Cancer initiatives and personalised stratified follow up pathways
Be a visible nursing leader, facilitating excellent standards of cancer nursing care, ensuring a high quality and efficient approach to service delivery, including remaining calm, controlled and solution focused in times of difficulty
Providing strategic oversight and operational managerial support for the information centres, in conjunction with the information centre manager
Lead on the continued delivery of the highest possible patient reported experience of care for those affected by cancer, as demonstrated in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey through the implementation of local action plans
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Lead the development of the Clinical Nurse Specialists, ward based nurses and outpatient staff in the care, treatment and management of patients with cancer in line with local and national frameworks
Lead the development and delivery of psychological reflective practice in collaboration with the psychology teams for the cancer workforce across the organisation
With the support of the Senior Management Team, lead on the review and development of service and workforce plans, in conjunction with other services and Divisions, the wider health care community and external agencies according to current national and local requirements.
Provide advice and guidance on preparation of the clinical environment for safe practice. Collect, collate, and analyse and action information, ensuring accurate nursing and management and patient records/documentation are maintained.
Support the development of creating effective links with cancer users and carer groups across Liverpool community, in line with patient and public involvement (PPI) strategies
Deliver implementation of improvements and action plans detailed in the Cancer Improvement Programme identified through quality frameworks such as SSQP, Quality Assurance visits, National Cancer Audits, and CQC
Full participation in the cancer patient pathway, including contribution to the achievement of cancer standards and Cancer Harm Review Process of identified cancer breaches
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
- MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Relevant post registration qualification/equivalent
- Prescriber
- Evidence of participation in audit and research
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
- Evidence of effective management
- Evidence of effective leadership skills
- Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding provision and development of education programmes
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding and application of healthcare governance
- Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential criteria
- Supportive of colleagues
- Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Act as role model for staff
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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