Cancer awareness and safeguarding of patients
Registrants are expected to have knowledge, skills and behaviours appropriate to their role in the following areas:
- Cancer, cancer treatments and their potential long-term effects
- The range of psychological and social consequences of cancer
- Principles underlying ongoing care for people living with and beyond cancer
- eg late effects risk stratification, surveillance, self-management, screening
- The normal ageing process and how this might influence people living with and beyond cancer
- Other common long-term conditions that may influence care
- The legal framework and guidelines relating to the consent process
- Needs assessment and its implications for practice
- Actual and potential problems that might require further attention
- Appropriate decision-making to seek help or report concerns where necessary, prioritising those who require urgent intervention
- Assessment of lifestyle issues that are of concern for individual patients based on
- objective measurements and individual priorities
- Documenting clear and accurate information about service users living with and beyond cancer
- Providing accurate and appropriate information for care plans and treatment summaries
- Providing information and explanations to individuals and their family members in relation to their rehabilitation planning
- Governance and confidentiality relating to care plans and records
- Providing individuals with written information to support their care plan
- Communicating ongoing care needs to other professionals
- The types of support and assistance that individuals may need at different times in their care pathway and knows how to access them
- Resources available for people living with and beyond cancer
- Promotion of the participation and inclusion of all service users and identification and reporting of potential barriers
- Respect for the decisions made by individuals concerning their health and wellbeing in relation to cancer, cancer treatments, survivorship and late effects care
- Decision-making to seek help and report concerns to colleagues when an individual’s choices place them at risk
- Awareness of the legal frameworks governing cancer and work