OMFS Cancer Nurse Specialist

NHS; Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking an OMFS Cancer Nurse Specialist to provide specialist support for patients with OMFS cancers. The role requires a registered nurse with experience in oncology nursing and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include holistic patient care, undertaking assessments, and planning Wellbeing Events. The position offers a salary ranging from £47,810 to £54,710 per year, pro rata, with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with a post-registration qualification in cancer or equivalent knowledge.
• Extensive experience working at Band 6 level.
• Evidence of leading, teaching, and mentoring learners.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuity, support, and information from diagnosis through treatments.
• Plan, deliver, and assess Health and Wellbeing Events.
• Undertake holistic assessment and care of patients.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Management and leadership skills

Specialist expertise in OMFS cancers

Teaching and mentoring

Education

Registered professional, RGN

Post-registration qualification in cancer

Teaching/assessing qualification

Job description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

OMFS Cancer Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 29 September 2025

The post holder will provide specialist support and advice to patients with diagnosed OMFS Cancer, working alongside the other Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide a comprehensive specialist nursing service. The post holder will provide clinical expertise and support for patients and families, from diagnosis through investigations, treatments, living with and beyond cancer and palliation.

Main duties of the job

• As a key member of the OMFS Cancer CNS team provide continuity, support and information from diagnosis, through treatments and ongoing support. Referring to specialist support services as necessary.
• Undertake holistic assessment and care of the patients across multiple hospital settings as required (outpatient, inpatient, day case), working effectively with the trust’s Macmillan Coordinator.
• Plan, deliver and assess Health and Wellbeing Events.
• As a key member of the Cancer CNS team, understand and adopt the shared caseload philosophy of the team.
• Work alongside the specialist multidisciplinary teams and attend MDT meetings at other hospital sites.
• Enhance knowledge and competency to become an expert practitioner in the specialist field of head and neck cancer and symptom management as required.
• Run nurse-led clinics for both tracheostomy and laryngectomy patients. Demonstrate expert knowledge and practical skills.
• Within these clinics, assess and recognise emergencies and take appropriate actions to ensure patient safety.
• Structure appropriate teaching sessions for surgical patients and their families.
• Work alongside and develop expertise in relation to the work of the MDT members.
• Support the telephone triage service.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and operates at a scale different from most other NHS Trusts. We are creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We have created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.

We are proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We are also embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. Review the Candidate Essentials Guide that accompanies the Job Description and Person Specification to be well informed before applying, including details about the Trust, our benefits and how we care for you as you care for others, as well as important information before submitting an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered professional, RGN
• Teaching/assessing qualification
• Post registration qualification in cancer or equivalent knowledge
• Certificate in counselling Qualification
• Masters or working towards masters in related subject
• Nurse Prescribing
• Clinical Skills Training

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience working at Band 6 level with demonstrable management and leadership skills
• Experience of working with patients with OMFS Cancers
• Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
• Advanced communication skills
• Evidence in leading, teaching, and mentoring learners
• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory and acquired by CPD
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit
• Experience within the speciality
• Experience in research and report writing
• Level 2 Psychological Skills Training
• Evidence of presentations at local, regional, national level

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year (pro rata)