Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital; Norwich; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading teaching hospital in the UK is seeking a compassionate Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their specialist respiratory team. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical knowledge and experience in lung cancer and palliative care. Responsibilities include providing expert nursing care, leadership, and patient coordination. The role offers a competitive salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata, along with a comprehensive benefits package including discounted gym memberships and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Annual leave entitlement

Free Park & Ride service

Free 24-hour confidential counselling support

On-site nursery

On-site cafes offering discounts

Flexible staff bank

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in respiratory, thoracic, oncology or palliative care required.
• Required to provide clinical leadership and expertise in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and expertise in lung cancer and mesothelioma.
• Co-ordinate patient care to ensure continuity.
• Develop the service to reflect patient needs.

Skills

Demonstrable leadership skills

Effective role model

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Education

Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register

Relevant post graduate qualification

Appropriate Degree

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate, dynamic, and experienced nurse to join our specialist respiratory team as a Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 7 at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

The NNUH lung cancer service is led by Dr Russell Phillips, a Nurse Consultant, and a team of experienced clinical nurse specialists.

This role plays a pivotal role in delivering expert nursing care to patients with lung cancer, and requires advanced clinical knowledge, leadership, and coordination skills.

We are seeking an experienced, initiative-taking, registered nurse who is passionate about respiratory nursing, to join our lung cancer team, providing support to patients and their families with lung cancer, pleural disease, and mesothelioma.

Main duties of the job

Key aspects of the role include:

• Clinical expertise and patient care
• Care coordination and navigation
• Leadership and service development
• Advanced communication and psychosocial support
• Professional development and governance
• Research and evidence-based practice

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

• To provide clinical leadership and expertise in the speciality of lung cancer and mesothelioma by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.
• To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patients care pathway.
• To be pivotal in review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.
• To liaise closely with the health care teams of in-patient wards, outpatient department and primary care, including consultant physicians and GPs.
• To demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of lung cancer and mesothelioma, exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register
• Relevant post graduate qualification e.g respiratory, thoracic, oncology or palliative care.
• Appropriate Degree

Experience

• Post-registration experience in respiratory, thoracic, oncology or palliative care

Skills

• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata