Description
Spire Leicester Hospital is looking for a passionate and experienced Cancer Nurse Specialist to join our growing Cancer Services team on a Bank basis.
As a Cancer Nurse Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients throughout their cancer journey - supporting them when it matters most.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a key worker, supporting patients through complex cancer pathways
- Delivering safe, high-quality chemotherapy (SACT) and holistic patient care
- Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery
- Assessing, planning, and evaluating care across a dynamic and varied caseload
- Communicating sensitive information with professionalism and empathy
- Supporting and driving service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Promoting best practice in infection control, safety, and patient wellbeing
To be successful in this role, you will need to be a confident and compassionate nurse who thrives in a specialist setting. You will need:
- To be a Registered Nurse with relevant oncology experience
- To be qualified in SACT administration (accredited)
- To be competent in venepuncture, cannulation, and CVAD management
- Experience managing complex cancer patient caseloads
- To be comfortable working independently within a nurse-led environment
- Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
- A commitment to continuous professional development
We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- Competitive rates for bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis
- Free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Smartspending discounts via ‘Spire for You’
- Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You’
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts