University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Cancer Nurse
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Role Overview
Providing professional nursing leadership across the Trust, championing Cancer Services development and being a visible leader across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Leading the quality, risk and governance of cancer services, ensuring it is reported and represented at the highest level.
- Lead improvements in:
- Cancer Waiting Times
- SACT safety and governance
- MDT quality and decision-making
- Oversee incident reviews, risk management, audits, and quality improvement.
- Providing strategic direction for specialist cancer nursing in the Trust, ensuring compliance with national guidance and the long-term cancer plan strategy, working collaboratively with Care Group Directors of Nursing.
- Lead the Trust's response and actions to the National Cancer Patient Experience survey and driving continuous improvement.
- Lead responsibility for strategic workforce planning and monitoring of Cancer Nursing Specialist workforce to ensure delivery of national, Cancer Network, and local strategies to deliver the national cancer quality measures.
- Lead the development of a public and patient involvement strategy for cancer services.
- To provide strategic leadership for the Trust in working collaboratively with the system including neighbourhood team development to facilitate system working.
- To be a key contributor in the Cancer Services senior leadership team on the journey to become a Centre of Excellence.
- The post holder will work collaboratively with the Cancer Services Team, the Wessex Cancer Alliance, primary and secondary care, and the voluntary sector to improve the quality of health provision for patients with cancer and their families.
- The postholder will maximize the contribution that nursing and cancer support services make to Cancer Services, focusing on leadership, accountability, support, and supervision, ensuring that cancer nursing within UHD is of the highest standard.
- Forming essential communications links with the Group Directors of Nursing for all Care Groups and the wider cancer nursing and AHP workforce.
- The postholder will work to promote the integration of Cancer Services, streamline processes, optimize communication as well as promote service improvement and redesign in line with local and national priorities.
- With support from GDONs, ensure the systems and processes in place comply with legislation and governance requirements.
- To be highly visible, accessible, and to have an authoritative nursing presence demonstrating the Trust vision and values in all behaviors.
- To provide Trust-wide professional leadership and coordination of all cancer nursing and cancer-related AHP services.
- To ensure UHD has the right systems and processes in place to ensure compliance with the Long Term Plan and the NHS Cancer Programme.
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UHD are investing, developing, and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Katie Lake
- Job title: Head of Cancer Services
- Email address: katie.lake5@nhs.net
If you would like an informal conversation regarding this role, please contact Jennifer Sutherland to book an appointment: jennifer.sutherland3@nhs.net
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