Job overview

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join the new Faculty of Education, Nursing, Midwifery and AHP. 

We are excited to share this opportunity within the new faculty team. The post holder will be responsible for developing and delivering a cancer nursing workforce review. 

The review will include:

• An evaluation of cancer nursing career pathways, skill mix and capacity and demand requirements across the tumour site and oncology pathways.
• Recommendations for pathway/workforce redesign to support a more sustainable approach to cancer nursing, including the recruitment and retention of the cancer nursing workforce, in alignment with the national ACCEND programme, the wider trust and system nursing strategies and national/regional guidance.
• A training/education needs analysis for the support of these roles, aligned to the competency framework being developed by the national ACCEND programme.
• Collaborative working with senior nursing/workforce colleagues to identify, design and increase the number of clinical placements for TNAs/student nurses/HCAs in cancer nursing and the supervising assessor capacity to support these.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide

• Change leadership and service redesign expertise to support the design of the review and implementation of the recommendations from this review.
• Facilitated coaching support for the cancer nursing community to raise awareness of the opportunities of providing more personalised care for people affected by cancer and for career development/advanced practice
• Use specialist knowledge and experience of best practice in service improvement and project planning
• Review clinical incidents or complaints relating to the impact of cancer nursing services on the care of patients to inform the workforce recommendations.
• Identify the need for service development to improve clinical effectiveness and efficiency of cancer nursing.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH.  We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
 
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
 
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
 
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
 
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit.  We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.  We love working here and think you will too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full details about this post please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register or clinical professional registered with the HCPC
• Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent and maintains regular updates
• Degree in relevant field
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and post registration studies in a clinical portfolio

Desirable criteria

• Leadership Qualification/ Module
• Post- graduate certificate in Education or equivalent
• Master's degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with extensive post-registration experience
• Experience of project/ change management to improve and implement service redesign
• The ability to discuss and critically review government targets and the strategies in place to meet them

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading a team
• Experience of formal teaching programmes
• Experience of policies and guideline development

Skills abilities and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of up-to-date issues in Oncology and Haematology cancer care and the NHS
• Experience of implementing change
• Presentation skills

Aptitude

Essential criteria

• Effective role model, demonstrating QEH values of kindness, wellness and fairness
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values.