Band 6 Breast Nurse Specialist

BHR Hospitals; Ilford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

BHR Hospitals in Ilford is seeking a Band 6 Breast Nurse Specialist who also acts as personalised cancer follow-up CNS to support the Breast pathway. You will deliver specialised nursing care to patients with Breast conditions, contributing to high quality care and patient experience.

The role requires excellent communication, up-to-date clinical expertise, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The post holder will join the Breast team, ensure safe patient journeys, and participate in

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK registration.
• Experience in breast care and cancer follow-up.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned care for a group of patients within independent clinical setting.
• Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care.
• Perform telephone triage of remotely monitored patients, escalating to the clinical service, as appropriate.
• Using protocols ensure the appropriate investigations are ordered and performed.
• Managing clinical risk relating to individuals, through the use of RMS tracking to a group of patients care, reporting issues to appropriate senior staff.
• Review and act on all investigations requested via service.

Skills

Level 2 communication training

Personalised Care Agenda

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Site Breast Services Town Ilford Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum HCA inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

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The Surgical Care group is looking to recruit a dedicated and highly skilled Band 6 Breast Nurse Specialist who is also personalised stratified Cancer follow up CNS to support the Breast pathway.

You would need to be an experienced nurse with experience in the breast field ,acting within your professional boundaries and willing to develop your skills. As a Breast clinical nurse specialist you will play a vital role in delivering specialised nursing care to the patients with Breast conditions. Your expertise will contribute to a high quality care and positive patient experience.

The ideal candidate would have excellent communication skills both verbally and in written. You will be proactive in ensuring that your clinical expertise is up to date to contribute as a role model to the service. The post holder will be a member of the Trust's Breast team and undertake the role of the specialist Nurse supporting and facilitating the patients journey.

You would be working in a collaborative manner, providing clear decision making skills in consultation with medical and nursing staff. The post holder will ensure that they protect and promote patient safety at all times. You would effectively liaise with multidisciplinary teams and service maintaining a rapport to ensure working relationships are maintained with other departments.

Demonstrate personal strength and effectiveness with professional behaviours under stressful and difficult situations.

Main duties of the job

Carry out planned care for a group of patients within independent clinical setting.

Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care.

Perform telephone triage of remotely monitored patients, escalating to the clinical service, as appropriate.

Using protocols ensure the appropriate investigations are ordered and performed.

Managing clinical risk relating to individuals, through the use of RMS tracking to a group of patients care, reporting issues to appropriate senior staff.

Review and act on all investigations requested via service.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Skills/ Abilities

• Level 2 communication training.

Experience/ Knowledge

• Experience working with the Personalised Care Agenda

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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Recruitment process
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Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
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Smoke-free Trust
BHRUT is a smoke-free Trust. All employees are expected to comply with our smoke-free policy.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.