Specialist Haematology Nurse

NHS; Ashfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Haematology Nurse Specialist and become a key player in our multidisciplinary team. You'll ensure coordinated care for patients with haematological conditions, providing expert support and guidance throughout their treatment journey. This pivotal role involves working across various clinical settings to enhance patient care.

Qualifications

• Recent NHS hospital experience essential.
• Extensive clinical experience in haematology or oncology required.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team working and caseload management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key worker for a patient caseload.
• Lead on patient assessment and care planning.
• Offer advice and support to patients and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Knowledge of caseload management

Good communication skills

Demonstrable teaching skills

Knowledge of haematological conditions and management

Education

NMC first level Registered Nurse

Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification

Educated to degree level

Recognised haematology / oncology module

Job description

Job summary

Are you a compassionate, driven nurse with a passion for haematology care? Join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Haematology Nurse Specialist and help us provide outstanding, patient-centred care across inpatient and outpatient settings.

We are seeking a Haematology Nurse Specialist to take a central role in our dynamic Haematology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT). This is a pivotal position that involves working closely with medical and nursing colleagues to provide expert clinical support, education, and holistic care to patients with haematological conditions throughout their treatment journey.

You will have the opportunity to work across clinics and ward settings, helping to shape and enhance the haematology service we deliver to the local population.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Act as a key worker for a caseload of patients, ensuring seamless, co-ordinated care.

• Lead on patient assessment, care planning, and the delivery of timely, safe treatment.

• Offer specialist advice and support to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals across the community.

• Support patients emotionally and practically during key moments, including diagnosis and bad news consultations.

• Advocate for patients, ensuring they are empowered and informed when making decisions about care and treatment.

• Contribute to continuous quality improvement and uphold the Trust's values in all areas of practice.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details Date posted

26 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-MED-7211690

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Knowledge and skills requirements Essential

• Knowledge of caseload management.
• Good communication skills.
• Demonstrable teaching skills.
• Knowledge of the audit process.
• Knowledge of haematological conditions and management.

Desirable

• Recognised advanced communication skills training.

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional Essential

• NMC first level Registered Nurse
• Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
• Educated to degree level Recognised haematology / oncology module
• Non -medical prescribing or willingness to undertake.

Desirable

• Degree or working towards haematology related qualification.
• Recognised Advanced
• Communication skills training.

Further Training Desirable

• Counselling skills training.
• Palliative care training.
• Level 2 clinical psychology training.

Experience Essential

• Recent experience in the NHS hospital setting.
• Extensive clinical experience in haematology or oncology.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Experience of caseload management.
• Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking audits
• Research experience.
• Palliative care experience.

Contractual Requirements Essential

• 37.5 hour contract
• Flexibility in start and finish times
• Full UK driving licence

Person Specification Knowledge and skills requirements Essential

• Knowledge of caseload management.
• Good communication skills.
• Demonstrable teaching skills.
• Knowledge of the audit process.
• Knowledge of haematological conditions and management.

Desirable

• Recognised advanced communication skills training.

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional Essential

• NMC first level Registered Nurse
• Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
• Educated to degree level Recognised haematology / oncology module
• Non -medical prescribing or willingness to undertake.

Desirable

• Degree or working towards haematology related qualification.
• Recognised Advanced
• Communication skills training.

Further Training Desirable

• Counselling skills training.
• Palliative care training.
• Level 2 clinical psychology training.

Experience Essential

• Recent experience in the NHS hospital setting.
• Extensive clinical experience in haematology or oncology.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Experience of caseload management.
• Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking audits
• Research experience.
• Palliative care experience.

Contractual Requirements Essential

• 37.5 hour contract
• Flexibility in start and finish times
• Full UK driving licence

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)