Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension Scheme

27–33 days annual leave plus bank hols

Eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Support with stress, bereavement, and/

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) on a fixed-term 12-month contract. The post involves leading and delivering specialist lung cancer nursing services, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to support patients and families through their illness, and developing innovative service improvements.

The role focuses on symptom control, information provision, acting as a key worker, and serving as a

Responsibilities

• To assist in the provision of professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of the patient with cancer, acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to achieve a seamless specialist service.
• To ensure that every patient has a plan of care and liase with other teams to ensure that this is not compromised.
• To lead and contribute to the creation of patient information
• To provide formal and informal training and education within specialist area
• To lead and contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and policies both internally and externally.
• To attend the Cancer CNS forums.
• Support health and well being events and initiatives to support patients to live with their disease.
• To act as a core member of the multidisciplinary meetings, contributing to discussion and acting as a patient advocate.

Job description

Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

A Vacancy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

band 7

Fixed term 12m

To develop leadership, innovation and clinical excellence in the field of lung cancer nursing. To collaborate with the Lead Nurse and multidisciplinary team to deliver a lung cancer nursing service which will support patients and families throughout the course of their illness. This would include symptom control, provision of information, acting as key worker, first point of contact for the lung multi-disciplinary teams and providing expert advice. To provide a supportive proactive service which is responsive to the needs of patients and families. The post holder should be proactive in devising innovative service developments to improve patient care and be responsible for implementing those changes.

• To assist in the provision of professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of the patient with cancer, acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to achieve a seamless specialist service.
• To ensure that every patient has a plan of care and liase with other teams to ensure that this is not compromised.
• To lead and contribute to the creation of patient information
• To provide formal and informal training and education within specialist area
• To lead and contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and policies both internally and externally.
• To attend the Cancer CNS forums.
• Support health and well being events and initiatives to support patients to live with their disease.
• To act as a core member of the multidisciplinary meetings, contributing to discussion and acting as a patient advocate.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

• Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Oct 2026