Lead Cancer Nurse

NHS; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for a Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse to oversee and improve cancer services. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cancer care, effective interpersonal skills, and the capacity to lead diverse teams. This role includes strategic oversight and project management within a sheltering environment, aimed at enhancing patient care across multiple sites. The position is permanently full-time and offers a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and post reg qualification in cancer care.
• Broad experience managing projects in a complex environment.
• Portfolio of certified professional development in relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead cancer services and oversee nursing workforce across multiple sites.
• Act as an ambassador for cancer nursing care.
• Provide strategic guidance to the Macmillan Cancer Support and Information Service.

Skills

Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills

Self-awareness and self-regulation

Project management experience

Education

Registered nurse with current NMC registration

Post Reg Qualification in Cancer Care

Management/ Leadership Qualification

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse who is able to act on their own initiative, adopting a values led 'can do' leadership style within a climate of constant change to oversee, develop, and continually improve cancer services across the organisation. You will bring expertise in cancer care and a strong track record of leadership and service improvement.

The post holder will provide visible Trust wide professional leadership and support for the specialist cancer nursing workforce and is pivotal in ensuring excellence across the cancer pathway from diagnosis, treatment and living with and beyond cancer diagnosis.

The post holder will be required to lead the personalised care agenda keeping a focus on patient experience and engagement, as well as raising the awareness of inequalities in cancer care.

You will be an inspiring and approachable clinical leader with a deep commitment to improving the experience of people affected by cancer.

Main Duties of the Job

• The Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse will play a crucial role as an ambassador for cancer nursing care, both within the Trust and regionally across organisational boundaries, cultivating a diverse range of services to establish an integrated approach to patient care and supporting the delivery of quality outcomes in cancer.
• As a highly experienced specialist within the field of cancer nursing they will have corporate professional oversight of the specialist cancer nursing workforce across multiple tumour sites and care groups, working with the operational specialty teams, ensuring equity of provision as well as ongoing development of expertise within the clinical teams in line with the ambitions set within NHS legislation and local Cancer Strategy.
• The Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse will be managerially responsible for the Macmillan Cancer Support and Information Service Manager providing strategic support and guidance to the service as a whole and will have a clear role in leading expert practice and programmes of improvement work and redesign within cancer in line with local and national priorities.

About Us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‑created by staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Details

Date posted: 18 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £74,896 a year Current Band 8A - Pending job evaluation

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number: 205-7623766

Job location: Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG

Job Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for detailed role responsibilities.

Person Specification

Essential

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration. Post Reg Qualification in an area of Cancer Care
• Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas
• Broad experience of project work and managing projects in a complex multi system environment
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self‑awareness and self‑regulation

Desirable

• Management/ Leadership Qualification.
• Experience of shaping services to support the Personalised Care agenda.
• Experience of working with national charities / professional forums to lead and promote the development of patient centred services.
• Working knowledge of national cancer targets and their implementation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk