East Midlands Children and Young Persons Cancer Services Lead Nurse

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Lead Nurse for East Midlands Children and Young Persons Cancer Services. The role involves managing nursing practices in paediatric oncology, leading service developments, and ensuring high-quality care for children with cancer. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across the region to enhance cancer services, backed by strong leadership skills and relevant experience in the field.

Benefits

Endless personal development opportunities

Support for job applications and interview preparations

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with significant experience in paediatric oncology.
• Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD.
• Experience in leading and delivering programs of change in an NHS setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cancer services in the East Midlands.
• Manage designated service areas ensuring high quality nursing practice.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to promote child and family centered care.

Skills

Strong clinical leadership skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Ability to manage risk

Education

Registered with NMC as RN Child

Masters Degree or relevant experience

Teaching qualification

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

East Midlands Children and Young Persons Cancer Services Lead Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Children's Oncology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 164-7221724

Site Nottingham Children's Hospital, Queens Medical Center Town Nottingham Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

Cancer Services for children and young persons in the East Midlands are provided by an integrated cancer service which ensures equitable access to highly specialised care and expertise. This is a hub and spoke model with a central Principal Treatment Centre (PTC) providing complex treatments and Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs) across the region providing local supportive care and minor treatments.

The Principal Treatment Centre for the East Midlands Region is run jointly as a collaborative partnership between University Hospitals Leicester (UHL) and Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH).

This post is for a Regional Lead Nurse to lead collaborative services across the East Midlands.

The Lead Nurse is accountable for the efficient and effective management of designated service areas, guaranteeing provision of high quality evidence based nursing practice. The Lead Nurse is part of a team implementing the agreed service for the East Midlands Children and Young People’s Integrated Cancer Service (EMCYPICS) and ensuring this meets peer review standards.

As the Lead Nurse you will have a key role in the development and co-ordination of cancer services in the East Midlands and will lead the nursing contribution in the strategic development of these services.

Our vision is to be a national and international leader in children’s health, offering expert services in a friendly and compassionate environment.

Main duties of the job

To provide strong clinical leadership skills, energising, inspiring and empowering all clinical staff in pursuit of a shared vision to ensure the effective management of all services within the area of responsibility. You will also provide focussed and professional leadership for nurses delivering care to children with cancer, and their families, promoting child and family centred care in the East Midlands. To work in collaboration with the Clinical Service Directors, EMCYPCS, Clinical Lead, Nottingham, Head of Nursing, Leicester and all nursing staff to promote a strong culture within nursing.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification documents for detailed description of responsibilities for this post

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered with the NMC- RN Child
• Relevant experience of working with children and young people cancer services
• Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD specifically in relation to paediatric oncology and haematology
• Knowledge of relevant policies, guidelines and procedures
• Knowledge of standards in relation to speciality
• Masters Degree or relevant experience
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• Highly developed specialist knowledge in Paediatric Oncology and Haematology care delivery
• Evidence of post registration experience in Paediatric Oncology
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within an acute NHS setting
• Knowledge of budgets/financial control
• Evidence of patient partnership working
• Knowledge of complaints management
• Knowledge and involvement in Clinical Governance
• Involvement in service planning
• Audit reporting

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Able to communicate highly complex information
• Evidence of effective communication
• Able to utilise persuasion, negotiation and reassurance skills to ensure agreement and co-operation
• Able to influence nursing, therapy, medical, GP’s and Commissioners
• Evidence of working collaboratively across Multi-Disciplinary Groups across the region

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Ability to analyse, interpret and compare information both clinically and from published evidence
• Ability to assess and manage risk in relation to patient care and working environment
• Provide critical evaluation of service delivery and facilitate necessary change
• Evidence of involvement in research and audit

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Ability to act autonomously when required
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload by using planning, organisational and time management

Physical Skills

• Ability to work clinically in relation to speciality
• IT skills and ability to write reports on complex information
• Ability to use computer systems using aids for teaching and training

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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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.

Name Rebecca Thurlow Job title Head of Nursing and Professions/Lead Nurse Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07812275328