Job Description
Job Title ; Breast Care Liaison Nurse Department ; Breast Care Reports to ; Breast Care Program Manager Date ; 2024 An overview of Breast Care Service at Beacon Hospital The aim of the Breast care service at Beacon Hospital is to provide a high standard of treatment and care to breast care patients with benign breast disease, a diagnosis of breast cancer and a family risk of breast cancer.
The Breast liaison nurse carries out a central role in the assessment, counselling, surveillance and support of patients with malignant,benignbreast disease and a family risk of breast cancer.
Breast Liaison Nurse:
To provide specialist knowledge, expertise and care to breast care patients.
To offer advice and support recognising the possible differences in the psychosocial impact of a breast diagnosis.
To ensure continual optimal care for inpatients and out-patients and their families.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of the patients physical, psychological and social needs.
Monitor patients on an ongoing basis, to evaluate outcomes and adjust nursing care practice to ensure optimum co-ordination and delivery of care.
To develop and participate in follow-up and results clinics.
The Breast care liaison shall provide pre and post operative counselling, fitting of prosthesis both temporary and permanent when required.
To provide pre and post treatment care and support including in-depth information re; treatment options, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine treatment.
To develop and participate in family history clinics, follow-up and results clinics.
Provide practical information on all aspects of altered image, which can be caused by the disease and treatment e.g.
surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy.
To keep accurate, legible records and be aware of the legal implications of these documents.
To liaise closely with the patients primary health care teams.
To demonstrate ability to participate in multi-disciplinary conferences with all professionals involved in delivery of patient care.
To establish and monitor standards of nursing practice in relation to ensuring best practice.
To work in collaboration with the Surgical, Medical and Radiation Oncology Teams to develop care pathways, implement best practice guidelines and standards of care.
Attend breast MDT Management To independently manage own caseload of patients and associated responsibilities.
To ensure that policies, protocols, and guidelines for breast care patients are developed and implemented.
To identify the service development needs on six monthly bases.
Development needs to be submitted to Radiology Manager for service planning purposes.
To ensure a safe and healthy environment is maintained for patients and staff involved with Breast care service at Beacon Hospital.
Personal and Professional Development To develop the required skills and knowledge to support the service needs within the scope of professional practice.
Identifies own continuing professional development needs and engages accordingly.
Education To possess highly specialised knowledge regarding breast disease.
This knowledge shall be acquired through relevant study and experience.
To provide an educational service for patients and their families, formally and informally.
To incorporate health promotion principles into all aspects of nursing care.
To participate in teaching programmes and in-service training programmes for all staff.
To ensure adequate patient education material is available and contribute to developing new educational material where required.
Recognise the opportunity for clinical supervision and access if appropriate.
Quality Assurance, Audit and Research To initiate and audit the clinical effectiveness of the Breast care services in conjunction with the Medical Oncology Team.
Ensure that relevant statistics are collected, collated, updated and highlighted, pertinent to individual caseloads and referral to breast care service.
Ensure that clinical practice, procedures and standards of care are evidence based and remain dynamic, ensuring quality service development to meet patients needs.
To evaluate findings and assist with implementation of necessary change to improve the service.
Contributes to service planning and budgetary processes through use of audit, data and specialist knowledge.
Governance The post holder will operate at all times to high standards of probity.
This will include compliance with:
Health and safety regulations All policies and procedures approved by Beacon Hospital Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act Work within limitations of the role.
NMBI Professional Code of Conduct NCCP National Breast Cancer GP Referral Guideline For the purpose of this post the post holder will have achieved competence in the CNS domains as regulated by the National Council for Nursing and Midwifery.
Act with honesty and integrity at all times Be a positive ambassador for the hospital Demonstrate high standards of personal conduct Value and respect colleagues, other members of staff and patients.
Work with others to develop and improve our services This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but is a guide for information to the job.
The post holder may be required, after consultation, to carry out other related tasks, which may not be specifically mentioned above.
Employee Profile for the Post of Clinical Nurse Specialist Breast care Core Domain Essential Desirable Qualifications Professional Training and Development Skills, Knowledge, Abilities Interest & motivation Commitment NMBI Registration Minimum of 5 years post registration experience.
Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team Ability to work alone and organise own caseload.
Ability to work under pressure Ability to initiate and manage change Good IT and computer skills Interest in Breast care services and development of service for future.
BNS Management Development 2 years in the area of medical oncology or 2 years in Surgical Nursing This job description is intended to be an outline of the areas of responsibility and deliverables at the time of its writing.
As the Hospital and the post holder develop, this job description may be subject to review in light of the changing needs of the Hospital.
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