B7 Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist (ALL/Lymphoma/CAR T link)

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is looking for an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist focused on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Lymphoma. This role requires strong haemato-oncology experience and excellent communication skills. You will manage your own caseload, provide specialized support, and contribute to the development of services within a multidisciplinary team environment. This position offers an opportunity to engage in continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in haematology.
• Evidence of advanced communication and mentorship skills.
• Capable of managing own workload and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and support for patients.
• Manage caseload and run autonomous clinics.
• Act as CAR-T Link Nurse for patient continuity.
• Contribute to service development and clinical audits.

Skills

Haemato-oncology experience

Advanced clinical decision-making

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Mentorship and training skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register

CPD in Haematology or SACT

Health assessment course (Level 6/7)

MSc/Masters qualification

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

B7 Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist (ALL/Lymphoma/CAR T link)

The closing date is 08 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Haematology nurse to join our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Lymphoma, with a complementary role as a CAR‑T Link Nurse. This Band 7 role is primarily focused on ALL, while also offering the opportunity to develop specialist expertise across lymphoma and the expanding field of cellular therapies.

You will join a well‑established Haematology service, working as part of a broad multidisciplinary team. Within this post, you will work as part of the CNS team while being closely aligned to the Cellular Therapy CNS team, contributing to shared workstreams and collaborative service development. You will have joint appraisals, with personal objectives aligned to the priorities and development needs of both the Haematology CNS service and the Cellular Therapy service.

About You

You will be a confident, proactive and compassionate practitioner with strong haemato‑oncology experience and excellent communication skills. You should be able to work autonomously, prioritise effectively and demonstrate advanced clinical decision‑making. This role is ideal for someone ready to develop expertise in ALL and Lymphoma, with a strong interest in CAR‑T and the evolving cellular therapy landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, coordination and holistic support for adults with ALL and Lymphoma.
• Manage your own caseload and run autonomous nurse‑led clinics.
• Act as the CAR‑T Link Nurse, working closely with the CAR‑T/Cellular Therapy CNS team to provide ongoing disease‑specific support, ensuring patients retain continuity, familiarity and expert disease‑focused oversight throughout their CAR‑T pathway and post‑treatment journey.
• Attend both the Haematology and CAR‑T MDT meetings, as well as the nursing team meetings for the Haematology and Cellular Therapy services, to support clear communication and alignment across teams.
• Contribute to audit activity, service development, pathway improvement and the nursing education programme across ALL, lymphoma and cellular therapy services.
• Support the post‑CAR‑T BiTE therapy cohort, ensuring seamless continuation of disease‑directed care.
• Provide training, mentorship and education to nursing colleagues within the Haematology and Cellular Therapy service.
• Provide cross‑cover for other haemato‑oncology and cellular therapy clinics as required.
• Hold or be willing to undertake Non‑Medical Prescribing (NMP).

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Responsibilities

• Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
• Evidence of post‑registration CPD / Post‑registration qualification in Haematology or SACT or specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
• Recognised mentorship course
• Health assessment course at FEHQ Level 6 / 7
• To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
• Non‑Medical Prescriber / willingness to undertake
• Advanced Communication Training

Experience

• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• Significant post‑registration experience at B6 or above in Haematology
• Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on‑going professional development/ competence.
• Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around cancer and cellular therapies.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
• Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Working in a multi‑disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
• Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
• Awareness of current research related to the speciality

Additional Criteria

• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
• Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and assess junior staff
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required. Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities.
• Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
• Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
• Knowledge of current evidence‑based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust