Clinical Nurse Specialist, Breast Awareness and Breast Screening

BREAST CANCER NOW; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Breast Cancer Now as a specialist nurse, providing crucial support and information on breast health and cancer. You'll work closely with clients and healthcare professionals, contributing to awareness messaging and screening efforts. This role offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in your work environment.

Qualifications

• Registered general nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Experience working directly with breast cancer patients.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist resource for breast health and cancer.
• Provide information and support through helpline and enquiry service.

Skills

Communication

Tact and Discretion

Education

Relevant qualification in cancer or breast cancer nursing

Job description

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it.Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our nursing team.

You’ll act as a specialist resource for Breast Cancer Now, clients, healthcare professionals and the wider public on the subject of breast health, screening, risk, benign breast disease and primary breast cancer. This includes providing information and support to clients through our helpline and Ask Our Nurse (AON) written enquiry service.

You’ll also work closely with other teams across the charity and externally on our breast awareness messaging and breast screening in addition to breast health and breast cancer.

About you

You will be a registered general nurse, with a relevant qualification in cancer or breast cancer nursing, either stand-alone or as part of degree studies.

You’ll have knowledge of breast cancer having worked directly with breast cancer patients or in breast screening. You’ll have the ability to show tact and discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.

With your excellent communication skills you will be able to present both formal and informal teaching to a variety or audiences.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing dateWednesday 28 May 2025 at 5pm.

Interview dateWeek commencing 9 June 2025.