NMAHP Consultant (Gynae-Oncology)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a NMAHP Consultant (Gynae-Oncology) to enhance their clinical team. This role requires an experienced nurse who can provide expert clinical advice, develop educational programs, and lead improvements in patient care. The ideal candidate should possess advanced expertise in gynae-oncology and a master's degree or be on track for one. This position offers a chance to impact clinical practice in a flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC/HCPC registration.
• Evidence of postgraduate specialist education in clinical expertise.
• Experience in clinical leadership and research.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and consultancy for patients and colleagues.
• Lead practice developments ensuring clinical excellence.
• Contribute to clinical research and audit.

Skills

Effective report writing skills

Effective organisation and time management skills

Ability to prioritize a complex workload

Clinical experience in gynae-oncology

Leadership in clinical settings

Education

Registered Nurse, Midwife, or AHP

Master's degree or on pathway

Post graduate specialist education

Job description

NMAHP Consultant (Gynae-Oncology)

The closing date is 04 January 2026

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced nurse to become a Nurse Consultant within the Gynae-oncology team. The already established Clinical Nurse Specialist service is to be further strengthened with this invaluable new additional. The individual will bring gynae-oncology experience and expertise into our workforce, working alongside Clinical Nurse Specialists and Medical and Clinical Oncologists.

As a Nurse Consultant you will provide a high level of expert clinical advice and leadership, support and deliver education and professional development and assist in research and quality improvement projects.

Working alongside clinical colleagues, the successful individual will reduce waiting times to see specialist oncology practitioners, provide resilience to the service and improve patient experience.

This is a very exciting opportunity for an individual with a passion for patient care in the gynae-oncology setting.

• Interview Date Tuesday 27 January 2026
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

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Main duties of the job

Advanced and expert level practice

• The post holder will be an experienced health care practitioner, with highly developed expertise and experience and will provide clinical services to target patient population and will work alongside medical oncology consultant colleagues in own nurse led clinics. They will review patients undergoing active treatment and will be able to account for treatment related toxicities and assess for treatment response based on agree protocols

Leaderships and consultancy

• The postholder will provide clinical leadership to clinical nurse specialists and to resident doctors and trainees within the team. The postholder will provide expert opinion clinical opinion to other members of the team and oncological advice to other specialties as is required

Development and provision of education and training

• The postholder, in collaboration with consultant medical staff, will develop and deliver education and training to other staff in the team and will help with developing SOPs and guidelines relevant to the sub-specialty

Service development, evaluation, research and audit

• The postholder will actively contribute to clinical research and audits and will help develop services as needed to meet increasing demands and complexity. The post holder will contribute to the clinical effectiveness register through audit, research, and service developments

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

The post holder will improve the experience and outcomes of patients by providing a highly expert service.

• To contribute to the professional development of the profession within the organisation and nationally.
• To provide expert practice, advice and consultancy for patients, carers and colleagues, within specialist area, locally and nationally.
• To lead practice and service developments, ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence, underpinned by evidence based practice.
• To undertake complex audit projects, as a major job responsibility, using research methodology designs to evaluate inter-professional systems, which aim to maintain quality in line with local and national guidelines, working towards initiation of nursing research.
• To influence, deliver and shape the development of multi-professional education and training locally and nationally.
• To influence the development of their profession locally and nationally.
• Acting as a role model.
• A highly visible clinical role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP
• Current NMC/HCPC registration
• Possession of a master's degree or established on pathway and able to provide evidence of academic achievement at this level
• Evidence of post graduate specialist education related to area of clinical expertise
• Possession of or working towards a Doctorate

Knowledge & Experience

• Evidence of Supervision and assessment in practice
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Highly developed advanced specialist in field and applies theory to practice
• Has expert knowledge in practice, research, education, and leadership in specialist area and within the field of your profession
• Extensive experience of clinical work in specialist area
• Audit / research experience
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience in the specialist field
• Experience of contributing to the development of your profession at a regional / national level
• Experience / evidence of professional leadership in relation to their service at a regional and/or national level

Skills & Abilities

• Effective report writing skills
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work in a rapidly changing environment
• Acts autonomously and independently within appropriate organisational boundaries and achieve results and outcomes based on own decision making
• Is able to assimilate risk / benefits and rationalise decision based on extensive knowledge, skills & experience
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust