# Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £47,951 to £56,863 a year pa inc
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are expanding our Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist teams at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and this is an exciting opportunity to take on a band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist role in either Gynaecology or Breast.

You will have the opportunity to gain experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and developing your clinical knowledge. You will work autonomously and as part of a team, to deliver excellent clinical care, and improve patient experience within the speciality.

This is a great opportunity to progress into a specialist cancer nursing role, while being supported to gain specialist knowledge and clinical skills in the role of the Cancer CNS.

Our services work across 3 hospital sites, some roles may require cross-site travel.

**Main duties of the job**

- This postholder will be supported to develop the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver the CNS role, under supervision.

- As a clinical nurse specialist (CNS), you will assess, manage, deliver care, advise on, and support patients.

- CNSs have the autonomy to act and accept responsibility and accountability for their actions, acting as a specialist advisor for patients, or a resource for others.

- CNSs perform specialist holistic assessment and treatment using a personalised approach.

- Cancer CNSs deliver personalised care in line with the NHS cancer plan, using holistic needs assessment (HNA) to meet changing needs.

**Benefits**

- Career development, flexible working, and wellbeing

- Staff recognition scheme

- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities

**Requirements**

- NMC registration and a degree in a related subject

- Post-registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject (Cancer)

- Recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable teaching experience

- Substantial post-registration experience, including working at band 6 or above

- Relevant nursing experience within or related to speciality

## Skills

### Required
- NMC registration
- degree in related subject
- post-registration qualification in speciality or relevant subject (Cancer)
- recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable teaching experience
- substantial post-registration experience

### Nice to have
- advanced communication course or level 2 psychological skills training
- masters level learning
- experience of leading and managing
- experience of audit and service development

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