Senior Nurse - Practice Development (Cancer Care)

The Role NHS Lanarkshire Cancer Nursing Service are seeking applications from highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic registered nurses to join their team. Experienced cancer nurses with experience of working strategically at local, regional and national level are invited to apply for this opportunity.

We are seeking individuals who can demonstrate a high level of competence in advanced expert practice, project management, practice development, education, research & development, strategic planning and policy development within the field of cancer care.

The role of the Senior Practice Development Nurse will be to work collaboratively with the Nurse Consultant and Senior Nursing team to develop a person centred culture of learning, research, clinical audit, continuous improvement of patient experience and promoting and supporting staff development, utilising individualised learning portfolios for nurses in cancer services aligned to Transforming Nursing Roles (paper 8), NES NMAHP framework, ACCEND framework and NES Clinical Supervision framework.

NHS Lanarkshire Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• A Registered Practitioner on either the NMC or HCPC register
• At least 5 years post registration experience in a healthcare setting, with at least 3 years in a clinical or educational leadership position (Band 7 or above)
• Educated to Masters Level
• Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education or equivalent qualification
• Able to provide evidence of clinical leadership through involvement in practice development processes
• Contemporary knowledge of leadership, professional issues and development requirements of the NMAHP workforce
• Excellent team worker
• Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.

Knowledge / skills / competencies Through clinical and academic achievements and experience to date the post holder is required to demonstrate a high level of competence in clinical leadership and ability to provide professional advice, consultancy, project and people management and educational delivery to a range of staff groups.

The post holder will demonstrate a high level of operational performance as a visible and professional leader demonstrating:

• Knowledge and proficiency in adult learning
• Substantial clinical leadership experience
• Self starter and motivator
• Strong team worker
• Presentation and writing/publication skills
• Development, research/quality improvement and facilitation skills
• Group work/multidisciplinary skills
• Knowledge of evidence based practice, critical appraisal, evaluation and research
• Practice development strategies

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• Recent experience of working within Cancer Care
• Experience of working at a strategic level
• Experience in research and development/practice development environment
• Experience of working closely with NHS and other national quality bodies
• Evidence of demonstrating leadership skills and the ability to facilitate these in others
• Experience of evidence-based practice audit and research
• Knowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data
• Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the Health Care Agenda and Cancer
• Ability to develop benchmarking, evaluation and clinical audit programmes for cancer nursing.
• Ability to effectively manage change in the face of resistance
• Demonstrate effective leadership, being capable of establishing direction & purpose, working with cancer nursing team and senior professional team and senior management team
• Demonstrate a high level of competence in project management, practice development, education, advanced expert practice, research & development, strategic planning and policy development
• Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence

Contract type

• Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months
• Part Time
• 15 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern This role will be based in Cancer Nursing within University Hospital Monklands.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more? If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Mhairi Simpson -Nurse Consultant cancer care, on , John Mcphelim , Senior Nurse Digital & Quality cancer care on or Margot Russell Director of NMAHP Practice Development on .

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole McMillan, Recruitment Administrator on

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Why NHS Lanarkshire? Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent-regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

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