Lead Nurse for ENT

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to provide nursing leadership for the ENT nursing team at Hillingdon Hospital.

Working as an autonomous practitioner, the postholder will set up up nurse led clinics within ENT and deliver high quality nursing care.

The role will be responsible for developing and establishing triage for suspected Head and Neck cancers.

This is a development post from band 7 to band 8a once competencies are achieved.

Main duties of the job

The Lead CNS for ENT services will provide clinical Leadership, service management and line management to the ENT CNS team.

The Lead ENT CNS will deliver expert clinical care at an enhanced level and use their experience to support the band 7 CNS within their practice and role.

The Lead CNS for ENT will be responsible for developing and delivering the nurse led triage service for ENT and Head and Neck patients

The Lead ENT CNS will work with multidisciplinary colleagues to enhance triage for suspected cancers

The Lead Nurse ENT will lead and development the service strategy and implement it to make sure it is fit for the current population of Hillingdon

The Lead Nurse ENT will develop a workforce that fits current practices of nurse led services such as Naso endoscopy and the care of tracheostomies for ward-based patients

The Lead nurse for ENT will develop and deliver nurse led clinics

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Person Specification

Essential

• NMC registration
• MSc or MA in related speciality
• Substantial post registration experience at band 7 or above, including relevant CNS experience.

Desirable

• Advanced physical assessment and clinical reasoning qualification
• Ability to design and deliver education programmes
• Experience of line managing others