Paediatric Solid Tumour Clinical Nurse Specialist - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals

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We are looking for experienced and motivated individuals to join our CNS team in new Paediatric Solid Tumour CNS roles. We are looking for full and part time staff for an initial year fixed term contract

Oxford is the Principal Treatment Centre for Children, Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer who live in the Thames Valley Region. It is supported by a POSCU network comprising of Great Western Hospital, Bucks (High Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville), Royal Berkshire Hospital, Milton Keynes and Wexham Park. Kamrans Ward is a bedded inpatient ward, with a dedicated daycare space based within the Children's Hospital at the John Radcliffe Site.

The post holder will work as part of the solid tumour core team, acting as a key worker . They will have oversight of all patients diagnosed with solid tumours (excluding brain tumours) to co-ordinate their care with POSCU colleagues as well as external services at supra centres (photon and proton beam therapy, liver and retinoblastoma services). The post holder will provide clinical support and continuity of care to children and support families from diagnosis as part of an multi-disciplinary team and support transitioning patients into the aftercare service.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .