Associate Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking a dedicated specialist to join their lung cancer team. This role involves assessing patients' health care needs, planning interventions, and providing training to staff. Candidates should demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills, with a commitment to developing high-quality cancer services. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on quality improvement and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessments of patients.
• Plan and evaluate care and interventions as appropriate.
• Support patients to access all information required.
• Provide advice and support to health practitioners.
• Assist in providing staff training in the care of this client group.
• Contribute towards implementing and evaluating policies and procedures.
• Ensure effective communication enhances service provision.
• Act as a role model for standards of behavior and professionalism.
• Provide leadership and specialist advisory resource in lung cancer services.
• Assist in developing lung cancer/pleural services for patients.
• Undertake research and audit.
• Provide education/training to the multidisciplinary team.

Job description

Role Overview

Work as part of the Specialist Lung Cancer Team within outpatient clinics, daycase units, inpatient settings.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessments of patients, re‑assessing as necessary and ensuring individualised needs are considered.
• Plan and evaluate care and interventions as appropriate.
• Support patients to access all information required, as and when appropriate to them, supporting them with decision making throughout the pathway.
• Provide advice, expertise information and support to health practitioners within the Trust and promote standards of practice.
• Support the lead nurse in the application of national and local standards and pathways in lung cancer care within the Trust and to deputise as required.
• Assist in providing staff training in the care of this client group.
• Contribute towards the implementation and evaluation of policies and procedures.
• Ensure that timely and effective communication enhances service provision.
• Ensure visibility within clinical areas.
• Participate in the development of MDT/team objectives for the service/speciality.
• Act as a role model for standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within role and workplace.
• Bring relevant national information, policies and guidelines that may impact on service to the attention of the MDT and senior nurses.
• In the absence of and with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, provide leadership, complex specialist nursing advice and be a specialist advisory resource in order to further develop the lung cancer services within and outside the Trust, including Social Services, voluntary organisation and Patient forums.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of the lung cancer/pleural services for cancer patients requiring in‑patient and out‑patient treatment and care.
• Undertake research and audit.
• Provide education/training in own discipline/practical training or undertaking basic workplace assessments to the multidisciplinary Team, students, patients and carers as appropriate.
• Assess, plan and implement and evaluate specialist nursing care.

Trust Profile

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000‑strong workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high‑quality research programmes. We’re also excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Additional Information

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity & Inclusion

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025.