Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist

Band 7

• Medicine & Emergency Care Services
• Band 7
• Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
• Part time - 26.25 hours per week
• 328-UE-7559794

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
• Yearly
• 10/11/2025 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will manage a caseload/client group providing highly specialist expert nursing advice, information and support to patients with lung cancer and their families at all stages of their disease and in particular whilst they are being cared for at South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust thus ensuring a smooth transition of care from primary treatment through to radiotherapy/chemotherapy and into the community, to discharge or death, thereby establishing links between the acute and primary care group, supporting both patient and carers.

The post holder will liaise with services within South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust and with other key partners such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Northern Cancer Alliance, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Primary Care Trusts, Social Services and Hospices to enable and ensure quality service provision for all patients under their care. They will provide assistance, support and health promotion advice to other staff, whilst improving clinical practice, enhancing service provision and streamlining patient focused care.

The post holder will be an active core member of the multi-disciplinary team and network with other professionals, locally and nationally for the purpose of developing practice, research and audit, development of standardised patient information, and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a clinical caseload and client group within the lung cancer setting from diagnosis throughout the treatment trajectory to death or discharge.
· Plan specialist nursing provision and interventions as necessary, referring patients to other members of the lung cancer MDT/other relevant teams as appropriate thus promoting continuity of care.
· Participate in lung cancer MDT discussing patients as necessary to facilitate the co-ordination of patient care.
· Co-ordinate the patients care trajectory, liaising with all members of the MDT to ensure appropriate and timely investigation, treatment and support.
· Conduct nurse led face to face and telephone follow-up clinics for identified cohort of patients
· Provide ongoing specialist support service for both patients and carers.
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· Act as a key worker for patients with lung cancer ensuring that all patients, carers and appropriate community colleagues e.g. GP/district nursing and support services are well informed about the patient’s disease and its management providing accurate and timely information.
· Provide clinical expertise to primary/secondary care staff regarding the care of patients in this specialist group, acting as a resource for health care professionals, patients and carers,

Working for our organisation

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

· Your Leadership Impact

· Leading your Team to Success

· Leading Into the Future

· Service Improvement for Beginners

· Developing your Service Improvement Skills

· Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

· Explore leadership within the NHS

· Promote Trust values and behaviours

· Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

· Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC level 1 registration
• Specialist qualification in cancer care/palliative care nursing/respiratory medicine
• Physical assessment & disease management skills course (level 7/level 6)
• Teaching Qualification ENB 998 or C&G 730 or equivalent
• Advanced communications skills course or willing to undertake
• Physical assessment & disease management skills course (level 7/level 6)
• Hold a record of continuous professional and academic development.

Desirable criteria

• Independent non-medical prescribing
• Masters’ degree or if working towards an expected completion date or willingness to study at advanced level/Masters
• Recognised counselling course or certificate

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of strategic issues which influence management of the care of patients diagnosed with a lung cancer at a local, regional and national level
• Knowledge of audit and research processes and its application
• Knowledge of the Clinical Governance agenda and NHS Plan
• Knowledge about the development of the specialist nurse role in a modern NHS
• Understanding of the need for strong commitment to high standards of patient care and the active involvement of users in the development of the service
• Ability to work in a complex environment across the whole of the lung cancer pathway.
• Advanced interpersonal/communication skills including self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to lead and develop staff/service as part of a team to optimise resources
• Leadership and influencing skills

Desirable criteria

• Expert level of knowledge of lung cancer management and care of those undergoing lung cancer treatments

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive post registration experience, with experience of working at a senior level.
• Recent experience in cancer/ palliative care
• Experience in supporting and managing for those with cancer
• Experience of input into audit
• Understanding and experience of service improvement
• Current teaching experience
• Experience of working within a busy clinical environment and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Evidence of further study within field of expertise or a willingness to undertake further training where appropriate

Desirable criteria

• Experience in providing care for patients with lung cancer or other long term conditions

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Andrea Charles
• Job title
• Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist
• Email address
• andrea.charles@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 850850
• Additional information

• ext 52526

  Jessica Ainsley or Barbara Gursoy

  extension 52526

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