Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Working Part time: 22.5 hours per week (3 days - Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)
The Respiratory Team is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse to the Respiratory Lung Cancer Team within the Urgent Care Division.
This is a real opportunity to work with a dynamic team to improve the care of Lung Cancer patients, performing comprehensive assessments of patient needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery according to changing health care needs.
Main duties of the job You will work closely with all members of the Respiratory multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT meetings, supporting and independently delivering both new diagnosis and review clinics, and developing nurse-led clinics.
You will be liaising and working alongside other care providers internally and externally including CWP and the Home Oxygen team.
About us 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 6258 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 407,000. This includes 357,000 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.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job responsibilities See Job Description for further details.
Person Specification Qualifications
RN / RSCN Diploma or equivalent
Degree or working towards
Post-registration qualification or evidence of further study.
Knowledge and Experience
Speciality knowledge and experience
Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
To complete the Trust toolkit competencies
Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
Initiation and implementation of change
Clinical Nurse Specialist mentorship and development
Countess 20:20 Leadership Programme
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Good luck with your application.
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The Respiratory Team is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse to the Respiratory Lung Cancer Team within the Urgent Care Division.
This is a real opportunity to work with a dynamic team to improve the care of Lung Cancer patients, performing comprehensive assessments of patient needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery according to changing health care needs.
Main duties of the job You will work closely with all members of the Respiratory multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT meetings, supporting and independently delivering both new diagnosis and review clinics, and developing nurse-led clinics.
You will be liaising and working alongside other care providers internally and externally including CWP and the Home Oxygen team.
About us 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 6258 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 407,000. This includes 357,000 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.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job responsibilities See Job Description for further details.
Person Specification Qualifications
RN / RSCN Diploma or equivalent
Degree or working towards
Post-registration qualification or evidence of further study.
Knowledge and Experience
Speciality knowledge and experience
Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
To complete the Trust toolkit competencies
Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
Initiation and implementation of change
Clinical Nurse Specialist mentorship and development
Countess 20:20 Leadership Programme
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Good luck with your application.
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