Clinical Nurse Specialist

Queen Mary University of London; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Women’s Precision Prevention team. This role involves managing high-risk women for gynaecological cancer, delivering surveillance initiatives, and supporting research in cancer genetics. The ideal candidate will have a nursing degree and significant experience in a cancer-related area.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Generous pension scheme

30 days leave per annum

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience as a CNS in a cancer-related area.
• Desirable experience in cancer genetics.

Responsibilities

• Manage women at high-risk of familial gynaecological cancer.
• Deliver ovarian cancer surveillance initiatives and risk management options.
• Support innovative multi-centre research studies in genetic-testing.

Skills

Motivation

Holistic management

Cancer genetics

Education

Degree in nursing or equivalent

Professional qualification (RGN, etc.)

Job description

About the Role

We wish to appoint a Clinical Nurse Specialist with an interest in gynaecological oncology and cancer genetics to join the Women’s Precision Prevention team. You will support an innovative Women’s Precision Prevention (WPP) service in the department of Gynaecological Oncology at Barts-Health NHS Trust and Queen-Mary University of London (QMUL). The post-holder will be involved in the management of women at high-risk of familial gynaecological cancer attending the WPP clinic. Particularly, the role will involve delivery of the ovarian cancer surveillance initiative for high-risk women and risk management options along-with providing support for holistic management of high-risk women in clinic. The WPP team also undertakes mainstreaming genetic-testing for women with cancer. The post-holder will support innovative multi-centre research studies in genetic-testing, risk prediction, and risk management undertaken by the WPP team.

As part of a thriving clinical and research team, you will work alongside the team which includes CNS, Genetic Counsellors, Clinical Research Fellows, Researchers (PhD students, research associates, and Postdoctoral Fellows), Clinical Trial Managers and Data Programmers.

About You

You will be a highly motivated individual with a degree in nursing (or equivalent), a professional qualification (RGN, etc.) and significant post-registration experience as a CNS in a cancer-related area. Experience in cancer genetics is desirable. This is an exciting opportunity for the post-holder to build expertise and a career in genomics and management of high-risk women.

About the Institute

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health is an exciting and dynamic environment, with over 450 staff, 100 PhD students and c500 postgraduate taught students. It harnesses expertise across a wide-range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognized centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine.

The Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis forms part of the WIPH and brings together globally leading researchers focusing on cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis. The Gynaecological Cancer Centre of Royal London Hospital serves the North-East London Cancer Network. The team is based at the Royal London Hospital.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

£45,974 to £51,040 per annum