Acute Oncology Specialist Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is looking for an Acute Oncology Specialist Nurse to provide comprehensive care for oncology patients and manage emergencies in their specialist team. The candidate should have a nursing degree, SACT experience, and strong leadership skills. This permanent position offers competitive annual pay ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 and encourages professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in oncology and SACT.
• Willingness to undertake advanced clinical skills course.
• Experience in leading or mentoring healthcare teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Acute Oncology Nursing Service.
• Monitor and implement healthcare standards.
• Review and implement care plans for oncology emergencies.

Skills

Oncology knowledge

Decision-making skills

Leadership

Advanced communication skills

Education

Degree in Nursing or relevant degree

Registered mentor qualification

Tools

SACT training

Advanced clinical skills course

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Acute Oncology Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 16 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse to join our Acute Oncology Team as a band 6. The successful candidate will need to have previous Oncology and/or SACT knowlege and be capable of working independently, autonomously and also as part of a team.

You will be working in a small nurse-led Acute Oncology team based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital who regularly liaise with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) at Northumbria Healthcare including Day Unit staff, visiting Consultants and other healthcare professionals to manage patints presenting with cancer treatemnt toxicities.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

We have funding for 1wte but would consider job sharing

Main duties of the job

- Clinical assessment of unwell Oncology patients with Acute Oncology needs and liaison with day units and Oncologists.

- Internal and external audits for Acute Oncology as required.

- SACT Mortality & Morbidity reviews.

- Trustwide teaching of Acute Oncology education including inter-departmental and students.

Candidates should have knowledge of SACT and oncology service and have significant post registration experience of managing toxicities.

Leadership experience, advanced knowledge , decision-making skills are essential and completion of, or a willingness to work towards the advanced clinical skills course or equivalent would be an advantage.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

• To be part of a team to deliver of an Acute Oncology Nursing Service
• To monitor, evaluate and implement the highest standards of evidence / researched based care.
• To undertake specific projects at the request of the Acute Oncology (AO) lead.
• To participate in the delivery of an Acute Oncology Service assessing, offering advice /treatment plans and evaluations of care. To review and implement care plans for patients presenting with acute oncology emergencies e.g. MSCC.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
• The postholder will be expected to be part of the on-call rota, for the emergency helpline

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Nursing/relevant degree level study or working towards.
• Registered mentor, teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent.
• Accredited SACT training and/or SACT passport or equivalent SACT experience
• Advanced Clinical skills course or willingness to undertake.
• Advanced communication skills course or willingness to undertake
• Specialist knowledge across range of procedures underpinned by theory. Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
• Relevant Haematology experience Counselling Certificate
• Non-medical prescriber
• QI training or experience Evidence of research/audit relevant to practice area
• IRMER trained

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NSECH - The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearpro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

319-7603752AZ

Job locations

NSECH - The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital