Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

27 days minimum annual leave plus bank

cycle to work scheme

flexible working

in house training and development

buying and selling of annual leave

subsidised restaurant

tranquillity garden

generous subsidised on-site parking

Job summary

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in Coventry is seeking an experienced Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Acute Oncology Team. The post offers a fixed term of 12 months with potential secondment, and requires advanced nursing practice, leadership and expert clinical knowledge to coordinate delivery of acute oncology services across the trust.

You will work with oncology, emergency, palliative and radiology colleagues to deliver evidence-based care, develop guidelines, supervise

Qualifications

• 5 years clinical experience in speciality or cancer related area.
• 2 years management experience in speciality or related area.
• Participation in service development and implementation of change.
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.

Responsibilities

• Using advanced nursing practice; takes personal responsibility for managing a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, delivering evidence based individualised and personalised care through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of interventions.
• Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment/ diagnosis and treatment for patient for patients requiring acute oncology services. Ensuring proactive delivery of preventative care to minimise the risk of the effects of chemotherapy monitoring investigation results, initiating further assessment/ reviews of treatments.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
• Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views, using creative reasoning and problem solving where necessary.
• Provide specialist education and training to identified staff within and out of the services acting as a resource for both staff, patients and carers.
• To undertake non- medical prescribing duties within legal framework for nurse prescribing and adhere to the Trusts Policy for non- medical prescribers.
• To be a knowledgeable team leader, supporting staff, service and policy development within acute oncology setting.
• Participate and support clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an induvial or group basis.
• Leads the development of patient focussed education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
• Leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.
• Makes sure that people affected by cancer are aware that they are interacting with a Macmillan Professionals and know about the full range of resources and services available through Macmillan.
• Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate.
• The post holder will demonstrate highly developed, specialist knowledge and expertise and will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of innovative practice, research and standards of care.
• Identify need for, participate and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
• Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records accordance to NMC Record Keeping Guidance.
• Participates in peer reviews of cancer services.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Compliance with Trust mandatory and statutory training.

Skills

Advanced nursing practice

Leadership

Specialist oncology knowledge

Patient advocacy

Education

RN qualification

Degree in nursing

Post-registration in specialist area

Job description

Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment will be considered)

Closing Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

• We are looking for an experienced and motivated cancer nurse who is looking at developing their leadership and specialist practice in Acute Oncology.
• The post holder will be a clinically based practitioner with advanced knowledge, who will take a key role in the Acute Oncology Team and in the delivery of the Acute Oncology services across the Trust.
• The post holder key function will be to coordinate the delivery of comprehensive of an Acute Oncology service to provide early specialist care to Oncology patients enabling:
  • Faster and better care of our patients with complications of chemotherapy (early recognition, better treatment, early discharge).
  • Faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral back to specialist oncology team, palliative care team etc).
  • Appropriate investigation of patients who might benefit from treatment for unknown primary cancers (targeted investigations, rapid triage of patients into specialist oncology or palliative care).
  • The post holder will give advice and implement patient care in an area which requires specific clinical knowledge, skills and experience. The post holder will work alongside other clinical colleagues in oncology, palliative care, ED, acute medicine, radiology and pathology to ensure quality of care to the patients is maximised. This will include the development of clinical guidelines & education programmes.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

Job responsibilities

• Using advanced nursing practice; takes personal responsibility for managing a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, delivering evidence based individualised and personalised care through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of interventions.
• Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment/ diagnosis and treatment for patient for patients requiring acute oncology services. Ensuring proactive delivery of preventative care to minimise the risk of the effects of chemotherapy monitoring investigation results, initiating further assessment/ reviews of treatments.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
• Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views, using creative reasoning and problem solving where necessary.
• Provide specialist education and training to identified staff within and out of the services acting as a resource for both staff, patients and carers.
• To undertake non- medical prescribing duties within legal framework for nurse prescribing and adhere to the Trusts Policy for non- medical prescribers.
• To be a knowledgeable team leader, supporting staff, service and policy development within acute oncology setting.
• Participate and support clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an induvial or group basis.
• Leads the development of patient focussed education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
• Leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.
• Makes sure that people affected by cancer are aware that they are interacting with a Macmillan Professionals and know about the full range of resources and services available through Macmillan.
• Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate.
• The post holder will demonstrate highly developed, specialist knowledge and expertise and will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of innovative practice, research and standards of care.
• Identify need for, participate and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
• Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records accordance to NMC Record Keeping Guidance.
• Participates in peer reviews of cancer services.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Compliance with Trust mandatory and statutory training.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

experience and knowledge

• 5 years clinical experience in speciality or cancer related area
• 2 years management experience in speciality or related area.
• Participation in service development and implementation of change.
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.

Qualifications and professional training

• RGN
• Degree or relevant experience
• Post registration in specialist area
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Advanced communication skills
• Health assessment skills
• Non-medical prescribing

skills and abilitiies

• Able to communicate sensitive/ distressing information to patients in a variety of settings.
• Able to communicate sensitive/ distressing information to patients in a variety of settings.
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage work autonomously.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
• EXcellence and safety in everything we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.