Lead Cancer Nurse | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Cancer Nurse in Bournemouth to lead and develop cancer nursing services, ensuring high standards of care, governance and patient safety across the Trust.

The post focuses on leadership, accountability, staff support and supervision, with strong links to the Group Directors of Nursing and Cancer Services to drive service improvement and alignment with national cancer strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead cancer nursing services with focus on leadership, accountability and supervision to ensure high standards of care.
• Form strong links with Group Directors of Nursing for Cancer Services and wider cancer workforce.
• Promote integration of Cancer Services, streamline processes and drive service improvement in line with national priorities.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and governance requirements with GDON support.
• Provide Trust-wide professional leadership and coordination of cancer nursing and related AHP services.

Job description

Lead Cancer Nurse | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £79,504 - £91,609 per annum / pro rata Hours: Full-time Location: Bournemouth, BH7 7DW Job type: Permanent Posting date: 6 Nov 2026 Closing date: 6 Dec 2026

• · The postholder willmaximisethe contribution that nursing and cancer support services make to Cancer Services, focusing on leadership, accountability,supportandsupervisionensuring that cancer nursing within UHD is of the highest standard.
• · Forming essential communications links with the Group Directors of Nursing for all Care Groups and the wider cancer nursing and AHP workforce.
• · The postholder will work to promote the integration of Cancer Services, streamline processes,optimisecommunication as well as promote service improvement and redesign in line with local and national priorities.
• · With support from GDONs, ensure the systems and processes in placecomply withlegislation and governance requirements.
• · To be highly visible, accessible and to have an authoritative nursing presencedemonstratingthe Trust vision and values in allbehaviours.
• · To provide Trust wide professional leadership and coordination of all cancer nursing and cancer related AHP services
• · To ensure UHD has the right systems and processes in place to ensure compliance with Long Term Plan and the NHS CancerProgramme.
• ·Leading the quality, risk and governance of cancer services, ensuring it is reported and represented at the highest level.Oversee incident reviews, risk management, audits and quality improvement.
• ·Lead the development and implementation of a Trust-wide Cancer Nursing Strategy, aligned with the Trust strategy, national cancer strategy and the NHS 10-year Health Plan. Present the Trust Cancer Nursing Strategy to Trust Board/ICB/national bodies.
• ·Lead strategic cancer nursing workforce planning and implementation to ensure cancer services are appropriately staffed and skilled now and in the future.
• ·To work alongside the Head of Cancer Services, the Cancer Services Clinical Director and the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and significantly contribute to the strategic direction and policy setting for Cancer Services, forming an essential communications link between the organisation and the wider cancer nursing and allied health professionals.

Interview: 30th November

This is a very exciting time to join our hospitals in Dorset. We are in line to receive a significant national investment of £201 million to help transform our services and redevelop Poole Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals, now merged as University Hospitals Dorset. We have been able to access these national funds because we have such a good plan in Dorset.

Our vision is to join up our services so they can be delivered in a more integrated way. We have a great opportunity together to improve outcomes for patients, make better use of all our resources, and ensure our services can be provided on a sustainable basis.

For developing our workforce, the aim is to establish modern, well-equipped centres of excellence with sustainable roles for staff, standardisation of education and training so that we can attract and retain skilled clinical and non-clinical staff to Dorset. This is a great opportunity for you to be part of the transformation change activity taking place following the merger of two hospital trusts to form University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust last October.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026

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