Senior Healthcare Engagement Nurse/AHP
Passionate about making a difference? Join us at The Brain Tumour Charity and help fight for a world without brain tumours. Your impact matters.
The Brain Tumour Charity is leading the way in research, support, and advocacy for everyone affect by brain tumours. Our mission is simple but urgent: to accelerate a cure for brain tumours and improve life for everyone affected by this devastating disease.
Imagine how rewarding it would be to use your experience in Neuro-Oncology/Oncology to drive real improvements to service and patient care for Young Adults/Paediatrics affected by a brain tumour.
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Young Adult/Paediatric healthcare professional with Neuro-Oncology or Oncology experience to work with our Healthcare Engagement Manager and Senior Paediatric Healthcare Engagement AHP
You’ll support healthcare professionals in providing high quality patient care in the Young Adult/Paediatric Neuro-Oncology field which will make a real difference to patients’ lives.
📍Location: While contracted to our office in Fleet, Hampshire, our team supports a blend of office and home working provided you have adequate broadband and IT capability, with an average of 2-3 days in the office each week.
⏰Working hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week, with some out of hours working.
💰Benchmarked salary: c.£36,300 (dependent on level)
You’ll bring your experience of Young Adult/Paediatric Neuro-Oncology/Oncology to help us realise our vision of bringing together this professional community and help improve outcomes for patients.
This is primarily a remote working role and we are seeking someone who is self-motivated, with the ability to work unsupervised and manage their own workload and diary.
You’ll be someone who enjoys getting out and about all around the UK to meet people, including overnight stays. You’ll regularly visit all 19 of the Paediatric and 30 Adult neurosciences centres, attend conferences and be welcomed to our head office in Fleet (Hampshire).
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of collaborative working across multiple sectors. Using these enhanced communication skills, you will develop further the existing network which promotes Young Adult/Paediatric Neuro-Oncology best practice and fosters peer networks and support. You’ll influence service improvement and patient care to achieve better outcomes for patients’ quality of life.
- Develop new opportunities to work in partnership with Young Adult/Paediatric neuroscience centres, treatment centres and hospitals to drive best practice in Young Adult/Paediatric brain tumour care which focuses on improved outcomes and quality of life
- Further develop the Young Adult/Paediatric healthcare professional network, ensuring we develop and maintain productive relationships.
- Work collaboratively internally & externally to understand the needs of different healthcare audiences. Work with teams across the organisation to develop engagement tools & activities to increase knowledge & confidence in brain tumours
- Help build new networks to allow us to actively influence service improvement and patient care to achieve better outcomes for the patient’s quality of life
- Coordinate & facilitate engagement activities with healthcare professionals to gather actionable insights, develop surveys and produce hospital reports
- Work in conjunction with the Tessa Jowell Centres of Excellence and other external professionals to support the development and delivery of continuous professional development. Ensure the delivery of this programme of work reaches our target audiences and enables sustainable improvements to the delivery of patient centred care
- Keep and maintain high quality records for reporting on key performance indicators and other methods of evaluation
- Network widely through attending meetings, conferences and external events which may require overnight stays. Keeping up to date with research in the field as well as changes in the healthcare and regulatory environment
We encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all of the criteria.
Experience:
- Nursing/Allied Health Professional with at least four years at band 5
- First degree Or Diploma in Nursing, or Allied Health
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Teaching, Mentorship and Preceptorship qualifications (or Willing to work towards)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Evidence of an understanding of the diverse needs of Young Adult/Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Patients
- Evidence of an understanding of clinical Neuro-Oncology Young Adult/Paediatric pathways OR Oncology pathways
- Ability to work autonomously and flexibly to meet the needs of the service in conjunction with other members of the team
- Ability to act as a role model and leader to others in adopting change
- Able to use initiative and explain your decisions
- Able to influence and overcome resistance with excellent, succinct written and verbal communication skills
- Driving License and access to a car
*Please note responsibilities listed are not exhaustive and this job description may be subject to change as the role evolves over time.
You’ll be joining a collaborative, bold and innovative team of individuals who put our community first and are connected by a passion to make a real difference.
🏆Our amazing benefits:
The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities.
We strive to create a workplace that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for all candidates and we encourage all individuals to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria.
Whilst we'd love to have you on board, we want to be upfront as we’d hate to waste your time applying for a role where we can’t take you on. At the moment, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for any of our positions. We're currently seeking candidates who are already authorised to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship, who can remain on a permanent basis.
Please apply by clicking the red ‘join our team’ button, attaching your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours. We'd like to encourage you not to use AI to write your cover letter as we want to get to know you, the real you!
We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive so if you’d find it beneficial to submit your application in a different format, please drop us a line at careers@thebraintumourcharity.org.
Advert close date: 26th October 2025
First interview date and location: 6th November 2025 over Teams
Second interview date and location: 13th November 2025 at our office in Fleet
The post holder will also;
- Contribute to achieving the objectives of The Brain Tumour Charity
- Live and breathe our values by beingbold, collaborativeandinnovative,with acommunity-firstapproach to everything you do
- Undertake any additional and ad hoc tasks as required
- Participate in team meetings and other meetings as required
- Monitor and evaluate activities and provide written reports
- Represent The Charity at external events in a professional manner
- Work within an equal opportunities framework
- Adhere to all The Charity’s policies, procedures and working
- Ensure all records are held in compliance with GDPR, The Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice and The Brain Tumour Charity policies.
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- Department
- Support & Healthcare Engagement
- Role
- Senior Healthcare Engagement Nurse/AHP
- Locations
- Fleet
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Yearly salary
- £36,300
- Employment type
- Full-time
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About The Brain Tumour Charity
We are The Brain Tumour Charity, the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally and the only charity in the UK taking on brain tumours on all three fronts: research, campaigning and support.
Our vision is for people diagnosed with a brain tumour to live longer and better lives. So, we’re moving further, faster to help every single person affected by this devastating disease.
We’re accelerating cures for all brain tumours, driving the best lifelong care and raising our global voices for change. So why not apply to become a part of the Brainy Bunch and help us make a real and lasting difference?
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