Nurse Team Leader - Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking a Nurse Team Leader for their cancer day unit. Candidates should be registered nurses with experience in oncology and chemotherapy administration. The role offers full-time hours with a focus on patient-centered care and working with a supportive team. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a commitment to delivering outstanding cancer care.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Commitment to staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with active NMC registration.
• Experience working with cancer patients in a medical setting.
• Completion of a chemotherapy course or willingness to undertake.

Responsibilities

• Lead a supportive team in a cancer day unit.
• Administer chemotherapy, monitor patient reactions.
• Communicate sensitively with patients and families.

Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Chemotherapy administration

Team dynamics

Cytotoxic chemotherapy

Education

Active registration with NMC

Degree in adult nursing or health-related subject

Post-registration qualifications in oncology

Advanced communication course

Tools

Chemocare prescription management system

Job description

Nurse Team Leader - Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre

The closing date is 19 November 2025

We are recruiting a Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre is an 18‑chair outpatient facility where we specialise in the safe and compassionate administration of chemotherapy, biological therapies, immunotherapies and other anti‑cancer treatments. We see a broad group of patients undergoing both curative and palliative treatments for a range of different cancer types.

The successful applicant will need to be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and the administration of systemic anti‑cancer therapies to work in our friendly cancer day unit.

This is a full‑time position with a shift pattern of 3 shifts 8:00 am – 6:00 pm and 1 shift 8:00 am – 5:30 pm.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

You would be joining an experienced and supportive team and have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals including chemotherapy nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and medical oncology consultants.

Experience of chemotherapy administration, venepuncture and cannulation is essential for this Nurse Team Leader post. Demonstrable chemotherapy experience essential.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document for a detailed job description and person specification, to guide you in your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• Active, current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Educated to degree level in adult nursing or a health‑related subject
• Some familiarity with different types of cancer treatments and their side effects
• Chemotherapy course completed (band 6) or (band 5) demonstrates willingness to undertake
• Post‑registration qualifications in the field of oncology and/or chemotherapy
• Advanced communication course

Previous Experience

• Post‑registration experience as a registered nurse in an acute setting
• Experience working with cancer patients in a medical setting
• Experience communicating sensitively with people who are distressed or in need of emotional support
• Familiarity with the Chemocare prescription management system

Skills

• To be competent in venepuncture and cannulation
• Previous exposure to central venous access devices
• To demonstrate expert knowledge and skills in the management of the changing healthcare needs of the patient, responding to changes promptly and appropriately and developing specialised plans of care/to follow relevant protocols in collaboration with other senior nurses/medical staff
• Experience in the administration of cytotoxic chemotherapy

Knowledge

• Awareness of different cancer types and treatment modalities
• Keeps up to date with developments in health and nursing
• Demonstrate an understanding of teams, their dynamics and how to motivate team members to participate and complete tasks
• To be competent in managing challenging situations that may arise, (i.e. managing conflict).

Other Requirements

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust