Cancer Support Nurse Consultant

Working Hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis

Location: Flexible, with travel to Swindon at least twice a month

Salary: Up to £43,000 per annum depending on experience

Closing Date: 6th Feb 2025

The opportunity

Are you a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with experience and passion for working with people on their cancer journey? We are growing our cancer support nurse team and this is a unique opportunity, and we would love to hear from you!    

We are an award-winning insurer and in house medical rehabilitation team, supporting many various health and wellbeing initiatives for customers and their colleagues, including early intervention in sickness absence to enable rehabilitation support for people to return to work. We also heavily support health and wellbeing training and development resources for our customers. 

We are seeing more people struggling with various concerns in their cancer journey and realise we can enable more specific support for them. This area of service will sit within our rehabilitation team but will focus on holistic listening and support by telephone and Teams meetings with our members and potentially their employers.  You will also work with our existing medical rehabilitation and claims teams. The role is fully supported with comprehensive induction and ongoing training and support.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

What will you be doing?

We will support you in using your medical skills to enable an active listening service to support our members in coping with the news of a cancer diagnosis, further explaining possible treatment and surgery pathways, reassuring, and supporting through treatment and its affects, as well as potentially liaising with treating teams.

A significant part of the role will focus on mental and physical wellbeing coaching and for some, rebuilding confidence.  Where possible, you will support our customers and their colleagues in their rehabilitation to a point that they feel confident to return to work.  We also appreciate that for some on this journey they may not be able to return to work and the support is none the less important for them.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Supporting employees at all stages of their cancer journey as required. Using your up-to-date clinical knowledge effectively and sensitively
• Working effectively with the Zurich Corporate Risk (ZCR) Rehabilitation team, Claims Case Manager, employers and employees and their medical advisors
• Fully demonstrating your medical skills, knowledge, best practice guidelines, NMC code of conduct adherence and research-based evidence in all activities
• When indicated, enabling, supporting, and evaluating appropriate effective short term specific treatment provision through the Zurich provider network
• Actively encouraging knowledge transfer into Zurich claims and rehabilitation service departments to progress and update all colleagues’ levels of medical competence and confidence
• Possessing a desire to make a positive contribution to ZCR Income protection insurance and work in a holistic and growing team

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role, you will be a highly skilled, and personable nurse who has maintained their Nursing registration with cancer-based expertise. It is important you can evidence development and have the ability to effectively organise your own caseload and embrace positive change. Ideally, recent experience of Oncology or hospice-based work is helpful.  We are also seeking a nurse who can signpost to valuable resources including charities and other reputable advisory organisations.

You will also have:

• Good working knowledge of the NHS and understanding of how to circumnavigate potential treatment delays
• An understanding of the private medical sector and the services available
• Ability to merge the care needs of the individual with the financial needs of Zurich Insurance Company
• Confidence to form working relationships quickly and professionally and to use these relationships to influence and generate change, to positively impact measurable outcomes
• Willingness to support our rehabilitation team in case work if your capacity allows
• Ability to travel to our Swindon office as requested usually about twice a month after induction and for team meetings and training.  Ability to occasionally travel within the UK if requested.

Who we are:

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people, and our planet. With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.

We’ve made a promise to each other and every employee; to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other’s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future.

If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives, and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.

Our Culture:

At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion, which we’ve won numerous awards for. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs, or culture. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our customers, and so are committed to treating all of our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We’ve an environment that places a real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social, and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support. We’re also committed to continuous improvement, and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.

We’re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest-established corporate trusts in the UK. In that time, we’ve awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.

So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us. #LI-Remote