Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist for a 9-month fixed term and a 6-month fixed term position. The ideal candidate will provide expert nursing care for breast cancer patients, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality service. This role offers opportunities for career development and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits like Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• Experienced nurse with direct experience in breast cancer care.
• Strong interest in developing skills as a Cancer Nurse Specialist.
• A commitment to provide high-quality care to patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care and support for breast cancer patients.
• Act as a specialist resource within the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the development of quality standards within the specialty.

Skills

Excellent nursing care

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Registered Nurse with experience in oncology

Job description

Overview

Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (9 month fixed term post and a 6 month fixed term post).

An exciting opportunity to join the team (Charing Cross Hospital). The Trust strives to provide world-class healthcare, through excellence in research, education and training.

Are you self-motivated, enthusiastic, eager to learn and keen to develop skills to work both autonomously and as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team? Is providing excellent nursing care a key driver? Is making a difference and delivering a quality breast care service fundamental to you?

Responsibilities

• Provision of specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers with a diagnosis of breast cancer being assessed, co-ordinated or cared for within Imperial and in liaison with the multidisciplinary team and other health agencies.
• To perform an effective key role within the MDT to deliver cancer waiting times targets and pathways communication.
• To act as a specialist resource for patients and the clinical team by providing comprehensive advice, information, teaching and training both within ICHT and externally.
• Update own clinical and specialist knowledge. Contribute in audit processes. Undertake, where appropriate, nursing research with published outcomes.
• Promote excellence in clinical practice, and the setting of quality standards within specialty.
• Formulate an annual report/clinical audit of own CNS service and outcomes.
• Active involvement in the development of the service locally and nationally.

Qualifications / Ideal candidate

The ideal candidate will be an experienced nurse with relevant experience of either working directly with people with breast cancer or of working as a cancer CNS in another speciality with an interest in breast cancer.

About Imperial College Healthcare and Benefits

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

• Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
• We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Additional information

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025