Specialist Haematology Nurse

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Specialist Haematology Nurse. This pivotal role involves delivering expert clinical support, education, and holistic care to haematology patients. Collaborate with a dynamic multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in haematology or oncology.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key worker for a caseload of patients.
• Lead on patient assessment, care planning, and treatment delivery.
• Advocate for patients, ensuring informed decision-making.

Skills

Knowledge of caseload management

Demonstrable teaching skills

Knowledge of haematological conditions and management

Advanced communication skills

Education

NMC first level Registered Nurse

Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification

Educated to degree level

Recognised haematology / oncology module

Tools

Counselling skills training

Palliative care training

Level 2 clinical psychology training

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Haematology Nurse

The closing date is 10 July 2025

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.

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

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

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

• 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.
• Degree or working towards haematology related qualification.
• Recognised Advanced

Further Training

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

Experience

• 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.
• Experience of undertaking audits
• Research experience.

Contractual Requirements

• 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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum pro rata