Lung Cancer Screening Nurse

TIC Health; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Health leads lung cancer screening across England and continues to expand its Lung Health Check programme. We seek a nurse to run Lung Health Check risk assessments virtually and face-to-face, delivering patient-centred care for early detection and high standards of service.

You will educate patients, refer for Low Dose CT scans, review imaging, and work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective pathways and improved patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner with clinical judgement and priority management.
• Experience applying evidence-based nursing in respiratory care.
• Familiar with lung cancer screening pathways and IRMER context.
• Competent in risk assessments and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist nursing advice and support.
• Refer patients for Low Dose CT scans following IR(ME)R training.
• Review prior imaging before CT referrals.
• Work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Engage in audits and data collection.
• Educate patients and carers on health promotion and brief smoking cessation.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Clinical judgement

Workload management

Evidence-based practice

Respiratory equipment

Health inequalities

Risk assessment

Lung cancer pathway

Education

NMC Registered Nursing Degree

Band 6 qualification

CPD records

Consent training

IRMER training

Job description

In this key role, you will contribute directly to delivering a high-quality, patient-focused service. This includes conducting effective Lung Health Check(LHC) risk assessments to support patients throughout the screening process. Virtual LHCs will be conducted from our Lung Cancer Screening offices, while face-to-face assessments are provided by a dedicated team of specialist nurses on mobile CT units. These screening risk assessments identify high-risk patients who may need a low-dose CT scan.

This role also involves supporting patients and making referrals for CT scans as needed.

Join TIC Health at an exciting time, as we expand our lung cancer screening programmes across England, positively impacting lives through early detection.

Main duties of the job

This role is essential to delivering a high-quality, effective lung cancer screening programme aimed at early diagnosis of lung cancer and other lung diseases.

As a key member of our team, you will provide patient-centred care by conducting Lung Health Check (LHC) risk assessments virtually over the phone. Your core responsibilities will include:

Delivering specialist nursing advice and support.

Referring patients for Low Dose CT scans, following IR(ME)R training and accreditation.

Reviewing prior imaging records before making CT referrals.

Operating both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Participating in audits and data collection activities to ensure programme quality.

Educating patients and carers on health promotion, offering brief smoking cessation advice, and referring to local services as needed.

Supporting team members and upholding high standards of patient care.

Providing culturally sensitive care that meets the diverse needs of patients and families.

Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure a seamless patient care pathway.

Communicating effectively with clinicians as required.

About us

TIC Health

Since 2018, TIC Health has proudly partnered with the NHS to deliver managed imaging services, including Lung Cancer Screening, mobile CT, MRI, and mammography. With a state-of-the-art fleet of mobile and modular imaging systems, TIC provides high-quality, accessible imaging solutions across the UK and Europe. By investing in the latest CT technology, TIC designs mobile units that prioritise patient comfort and improve service efficiency.

In addition to imaging, TIC Health offers a range of medical services, including GP clinics and cardiac screening.TIC is committed to advancing healthcare accessibility and quality, making a lasting impact on patient care.

Job responsibilities

This role is fundamental to the delivery of a high quality and effective Lung Cancer Screening Programme which will identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other lung diseases.

As a core member of the team, you will deliver patient-centred care by conducting Lung Health Check risk assessments virtually.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Providing specialist nursing advice and support.

Referring patients for Low Dose CT scans following IR(ME)R training and accreditation.

Reviewing previous imaging before CT referrals.

Working autonomously as well as within a multidisciplinary team.

Engaging in audits and data collection.

Educating patients and carers, with a focus on health promotion and offer very brief smoking cessation advice and onward referral to local services.

Supporting team members and maintaining high standards of care

To undertake and promote practice sensitive to the needs of patients and families from multicultural backgrounds.

To work with other healthcare professionals to ensure a seamless pathway for patients

Communicate with clinicians, as necessary.

Contribute to the efficient use and utilisation of resources.

Act on clinical findings and as a resource for escalation within the team in a timely manner.

Adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and associated guidelines.

Maintain relevant professional registration.

Report any accidents/incidents or ill health, failings in premise equipment or personal protective equipment.

To take care of their own safety and others who may be affected by their actions or omissions.

Maintain appropriate record, adhering to Nursing and Midwifery Council and the TIC Health guidelines on record keeping.

Report clinical and non-clinical incidents through the TIC Health reporting system.

Co-operate with their managers to maintain safe systems and safe workplaces.

Adhere to TIC Health and Departmental Health and Safety policies and use any equipment or personal protective equipment provided to ensure safety.

Experience

• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
• Provide clinical judgement, and decision making in clinical practice. Ability to manage and prioritise own workload, and that of the team
• A knowledgeable Clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice.
• Possess a working knowledge of respiratory equipment e.g. inhalers, spirometers
• Understanding of health inequalities.
• Able to assess and complete risk assessments
• Works within scope of practice and adheres to nursing code of conduct Adheres to evidence-based practice, guidelines, and policies. Understanding of audit and compliance
• Knowledge of the lung cancer pathway

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Degree in nursing
• Band 6 qualified
• Evidence of on-going CPD, relevant to this post
• Consent training.
• IRMER training

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.