Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Main area Oncology Grade 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (secondment to be considered) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working over 5 days per week) Job ref 230-11681802-PCD-A

Site GEH Town Nuneaton Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join#TeamEliot.

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Job overview

Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment will be considered)

Closing Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

• We are looking for an experienced and motivated cancer nurse who is looking at developing their leadership and specialist practice in Acute Oncology.
• The post holder will be a clinically based practitioner with advanced knowledge, who will take a key role in the Acute Oncology Team and in the delivery of the Acute Oncology services across the Trust.
• The post holder key function will be to coordinate the delivery of comprehensive of an Acute Oncology service to provide early specialist care to Oncology patients enabling:
  • Faster and better care of our patients with complications of chemotherapy (early recognition, better treatment, early discharge).
  • Faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral back to specialist oncology team, palliative care team etc).
  • Appropriate investigation of patients who might benefit from treatment for unknown primary cancers (targeted investigations, rapid triage of patients into specialist oncology or palliative care).
  • The post holder will give advice and implement patient care in an area which requires specific clinical knowledge, skills and experience. The post holder will work alongside other clinical colleagues in oncology, palliative care, ED, acute medicine, radiology and pathology to ensure quality of care to the patients is maximised. This will include the development of clinical guidelines & education programmes.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Using advanced nursing practice; takes personal responsibility for managing a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, delivering evidence based individualised and personalised care through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of interventions.
• Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment/ diagnosis and treatment for patient for patients requiring acute oncology services. Ensuring proactive delivery of preventative care to minimise the risk of the effects of chemotherapy monitoring investigation results, initiating further assessment/ reviews of treatments.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
• Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views, using creative reasoning and problem solving where necessary.
• Provide specialist education and training to identified staff within and out of the services acting as a resource for both staff, patients and carers.
• To undertake non- medical prescribing duties within legal framework for nurse prescribing and adhere to the Trust’s Policy for non- medical prescribers.
• To be a knowledgeable team leader, supporting staff, service and policy development within acute oncology setting.
• Participate and support clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an indudividual or group basis.
• Leads the development of patient focussed education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.
• Leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.
• Makes sure that people affected by cancer are aware that they are interacting with a Macmillan Professionals and know about the full range of resources and services available through Macmillan.
• Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate.
• The post holder will demonstrate highly developed, specialist knowledge and expertise and will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of innovative practice, research and standards of care.
• Identify need for, participate and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records accordance to NMC Record Keeping Guidance.
• Participates in peer reviews of cancer services.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Compliance with Trust mandatory and statutory training.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

experience and knowledge

• 5 years clinical experience in speciality or cancer related area
• 2 years management experience in speciality or related area.
• Participation in service development and implementation of change.
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.

Qualifications and professional training

• RGN
• Degree or relevant experience
• Post registration in specialist area
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Advanced communication skills
• Health assessment skills
• Non-medical prescribing

skills and abilitiies

• Able to communicate sensitive/ distressing information to patients in a variety of settings.
• Able to communicate sensitive/ distressing information to patients in a variety of settings.
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage work autonomously.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
• EXcellence and safety in everything we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

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All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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