Children's Oncology/Haematology Nurse Specialist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Colchester is seeking a Band 6 Children’s Oncology / Haematology CNS for a maternity cover role. The position involves providing specialist clinical advice and managing a caseload of children with cancer and haematology conditions while collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. The role offers flexible working, training opportunities, and a generous benefits package including NHS discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Must have experience in nursing children with cancer/haematology conditions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills to interact with patients and healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children with cancer/haematology conditions.
• Liaise with multiple healthcare services for comprehensive care.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and develop care plans.

Skills

Children’s nursing expertise

Team collaboration

Clinical assessment

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide maternity leave cover for a band 6 Children’s Oncology / Haematology CNS. This is fixed term/secondment post until 22nd June 2026, for 30 hours per week.

The CNS will join an established team dedicated to managing cancer and haematology conditions in children; we are a busy service with a caseload working across North East Essex.

You will provide specialist clinical advice and care to children and young people with cancer and haematology conditions.

We are looking for a confident, innovative and experienced children’s nurse who will be required to work within a multidisciplinary team providing support to acute and community services. You will need to be a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies.

Responsibilities

• To act as a specialised practitioner, with high levels of autonomy, in the prioritisation and management of a caseload of children with cancer/haematology conditions, intervening appropriately whilst ensuring all interventions are based on evidence based standards of care and best practice guidelines
• Manage own caseload of patients, working within remit of own professional registration, national legislation and working within Trust policies and guidance
• Responsible for initiating appropriate and timely consultation and/or referral when beyond the level of own expertise/knowledge
• Liaising and working with the Primary Treatment Centre, CCNT and palliative care teams in assessing the child and family’s physical, psychological and social needs, implementing all agreed management plans with the child and family and making appropriate referrals

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

What we offer

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Time Matters

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Find out more

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Saturday 11 Oct 2025