Macmillan Cancer Information Assistant - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Band 4

Main area

Macmillan Information and Support Service

Grade

Band 4

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part time hours per week (3 days per week. 8.30am 4.30pm Monday
Friday. Working days to be discussed at Interview.)

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Site

Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital

Town

Nottingham

Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

13/11/2023 23:59

Job overview

Are you looking for a rewarding and challenging career? Do you have a positive outlook, professional attitude and are you passionate about delivering compassionate and focused care to people living with cancer? If the answer is yes, then this may be the right job for you.

The Macmillan Information and Support Service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our friendly and supportive team as a Macmillan Cancer Information Assistant. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to become part of a specialist person-centered Service. The roles are based across Nottingham City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, within our Macmillan Information and Support Centres.**
If you are dedicated and highly motivated, able to work under your own initiative and have experience supporting people with long term conditions, this rewarding role within a leading Cancer Service could be the right role for you.
Main duties of the job

As a Macmillan Cancer Information Assistant you will have direct contact with people affected by cancer, offering emotional, practical and financial information and support. You will work flexibly, being visible and accessible to those who access the Service.

You will also manage the organisation of the Service's comprehensive information database.

You will manage your own time and workload whilst being responsive to the needs of those who access the Service.
Working for our organisation

We are a small, friendly and supportive team and value each persons contribution to the Service. Join us and we will provide a comprehensive induction programme, including work shadowing, training and insight visits. We also fully support long term access to both in-house and external training. Clinical supervision is fully supported and in addition to this you will have regular support sessions with the team and your peers. We recognise that this can be an emotionally challenging role and we actively encourage access to wellbeing support sessions.
Your core hours will be 8.30am - 4.30pm 3 days a week, days to be discussed at interview.

You will be employed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assist the Macmillan Information and Support Service team to provide cancer information and support within the Macmillan Information and Support Centres.

To assist the Macmillan Information and Support Service team to deliver in-reach information and support to wards and departments at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

To assist the Macmillan Information and Support Service team to deliver outreach information and support to support groups and via health and wellbeing events and cancer education programmes.

To work as a flexible member of the team, being visible and accessible to service users.

To assist the Macmillan Information and Support Service to improve the availability and accessibility of cancer information across Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and beyond.

To assist in collecting and recording service user feedback in order to maintain standards and implement improvements.

To undertake administrative duties relating to the Macmillan Information and Support Service.
Person specification

Training / Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Communication course attended

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of MDT/Multi-Agency working and understanding of roles
Experience of managing own workload

Desirable criteria

Experience working in a cancer care setting
Experience of lone working

Communication

Essential criteria

Knowledge of responses to loss and bereavement
Knowledge of cancer and its impact
Ability to identify and manage emotional barriers to communicating with people
Awareness of a range of agencies relating to health and social care
Effective communication skills written and verbal
Effective team working

Planning and Organisation

Essential criteria

Able to collect accurate data
Ability to Prioritise

Desirable criteria

Experience of project work

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available