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The Royal Marsden Hospital leads in the provision of diagnostics and treatment for Urology cancers, delivered through the Urology Treatment Team, across the two hospital sites in London and Surrey. Our nursing team plays a vital role in ensuring patients receive seamless, compassionate care at every stage of their pathway.
We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated person to take up the post of Lead Nurse for the Urology Treatment Team offered on a fixed term contract within the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service that is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and driving continuous improvement.
The successful candidate is required to work across sites and, in addition to clinical duties, will both lead and participate in audit, project work, research, education provision and clinical service development.
Working alongside the Divisional Nurse Director in Cancer Services and the General Manager for Urology. The Lead Nurse is responsible for the line management of the Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist across sites (Cavendish Square, Chelsea, Kingston, Sutton). With them, you will be responsible for leading and developing a person focused, supportive nursing care service for patients with Urology cancers, acting as a specialist resource across the Trust and regional network.
A degree of flexibility is required to ensure an equal Lead Nurse presence on both sites.
Lead and be responsible for the delivery of effective nursing for a complex group of patients and their families, ensuring compassionate and efficient care and making certain the patient is always central to the service and how it is delivered.
Act as part of the senior management team for the Division within the Clinical Business Unit (CBU), working closely with the Service Manager, Clinical Director, Divisional Nurse Director and Divisional Director to deliver the Trust strategy within the Division.
Overall responsibility for the daily operational management of the ANPs and CNSs. The post holder will look at developing new and different ways of working in order to improve the patient pathway.
Contribute to the relationship management of referring trusts, supporting partnership working with other organisations where appropriate.
Act as a professional positive role model, promoting expert clinical practice and shaping the care delivered within the wards and day care areas within Cancer Services.
Line manage the Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Research nurse leads and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) (where appropriate) within Cancer Services, and have oversight of the resource including overall budget responsibility (where appropriate).
Lead the patient experience agenda within the division, working closely with other Heads of Department where appropriate, lead on promoting improvement and action plan and deliver on any area of concern.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Farzana Baksh Job title: Cancer Services Divisional Nurse Director Email address: Farzana.Baksh@rmh.nhs.uk
About the Company
The Royal Marsden is a world-leading cancer centre specialising in cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.
We have two hospitals: one in Chelsea, London, and another in Sutton, Surrey. Also in Surrey, we have a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston.
We are also partners with The Institute of Cancer Research. Through this partnership, we undertake groundbreaking research into new cancer drug therapies and treatments. The partnership makes us the biggest and most comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, with a combined...
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