Immuno-Oncology Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS partnership is seeking a specialist to provide care and support for patients receiving immunotherapy treatments. The role includes developing patient pathways, coordinating care across teams, and providing education programs. Ideal candidates will have expertise in immunotherapy and excellent communication skills. The position is either fixed-term or a secondment, with applications open until August 19, 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering education programs.
• Proven ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of patient care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments of patients receiving immunotherapy.
• Coordinate patient care and service developments.
• Develop and maintain clinical standards of care.

Skills

Specialist knowledge of immunotherapy

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Clinical judgment

Education

Relevant nursing or healthcare qualification

Job description

The principal role of the post holder is to work within a high-quality specialist service to meet the needs of patients receiving immunotherapy treatments.

This will involve continuously developing patient pathways for assessing, implementing, and managing care for this patient group.

The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and information resources for patients, their carers, and colleagues within the multidisciplinary team. The team will also support the physical, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of patients receiving immunotherapy as part of their cancer treatment.

The role will incorporate assessing staff educational needs and formulating and delivering education programmes to multidisciplinary post-holders. The post-holder will inform service development needs and initiate and implement service development and delivery.

The role will provide a key link, enhancing communication and continuity of care between teams and fostering good working relationships with all clinical teams involved in the care of this patient group.

This role is either a fixed-term or a secondment, subject to current managers' approval.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Participate in a patient-timed pathway within a specialist care programme.
2. Provide a specialist resource for advice and information on immunotherapy for patients, families, and staff, underpinned by a sound theoretical knowledge base.
3. Provide a holistic assessment of the patient with cancer and their families using clinical judgement, specialist knowledge, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Assess the needs of individual patients and consider different options to provide a holistic, complex care package.
5. Work within a multidisciplinary approach to managing patients on immunotherapy requiring specialist intervention.
6. Play a leading role in service developments within the multidisciplinary team.
7. Develop and maintain clinical standards of care for patients receiving immunotherapy.
8. Coordinate audits of care to ensure a high-quality, needs-led, patient-focused service.
9. Work within the SACT and Acute Oncology service and with clinical specialist teams to develop effective communication pathways.
10. Coordinate patient care between Humber Health Partnership sites and external tertiary cancer centres to provide seamless service.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest NHS partnerships, serving over one million patients annually with a budget of over £1.3 billion. It comprises two Trusts: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). The partnership employs nearly 20,000 staff across main hospital sites including Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary, and Castle Hill Hospital.

As teaching hospitals affiliated with the Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research across biomedical, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular, respiratory, vascular surgery, cancer surgery, and oncology fields.

We are committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled, and caring workforce to deliver excellent patient care and a bright future for our community.

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This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Aug 2025.