Clinical Nurse Specialist Head and Neck Oncology / Palliative Care

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a fixed term position for 1 year.

The shift pattern for this position is Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm. 

(Please note the salary is Pro Rata) for part time hours.

The opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Nurse to join the McMillian Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist team in the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.  This post is a fixed term 1 year post due to expansion of OMFS oncological service.

The team provide a specialist nursing service to support a caseload of patients with head and neck cancer in an outpatient, inpatient, day care and community setting. The post holders are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, providing and facilitating effective care and treatment for patients and their significant others.  

The post holder will have extensive Head & Neck nursing knowledge and expertise in the support of patients with head and neck cancer, throughout the disease trajectory, from diagnosis, through treatment, cure or palliation.  

The post holder is an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, providing and facilitating effective care and treatment for patients and their significant others. This is achieved directly through the role of expert practitioner, role model and patient advocate, and indirectly through the role of innovator, change agent, consultant, teacher, supervisor and researcher.   The post holder will provide a supportive specialist nursing service to support a caseload of patients with head and neck cancer in an outpatient, inpatient, day care and community setting.

Informal contact: Gemma Burns, Macmillan Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist,  , gemma.burns@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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