Lead Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Cancer CNS and Navigator team across Powys within the newly established Powys Cancer Team. You will combine advanced level clinical practice with strategic leadership, and service development, helping to shape future cancer nursing services while providing expert support to people living with cancer. Working across organisational boundaries, you will play a key role in improving outcomes, reducing inequalities and delivering high-quality, person-centred care within a rural healthcare setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate:

• Advanced level clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex patient needs and make autonomous clinical judgements.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience of leading teams, supporting staff development and driving service improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate complex or sensitive information with empathy, professionalism and compassion.
• The ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and partner organisations, developing collaborative relationships to improve patient outcomes.
• A proactive and innovative approach to service development and quality improvement.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, balance a clinical caseload and meet service objectives.
• A commitment to reducing health inequalities and improving access to cancer nursing care for people living in rural communities.
• The ability to influence, negotiate and lead change, using evidence and best practice to support decision-making.

This role will particularly suit an individual who is passionate about improving cancer nursing services, comfortable working across organisational boundaries, and motivated by the opportunity to help shape and develop the future of cancer nursing care in Powys.

About us

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.

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