Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Rare Gynaecological Cancers CNS
Band 7
Main area Oncology Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 290-CR-2106
Site Charing Cross Hospital Town London Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 26/11/2026
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Rare Gynaecological Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team supports patients diagnosed with Pregnancy related cancers and Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer within Imperial College.
Previous experience of this tumour type is not essential due to its rare nature. You will be supported in your learning and have the opportunity to gain expert experience and enhanced knowledge, working alongside the multi-disciplinary team. You will provide support, education and specialist advice to patients, carers and health professionals on a range of issues relating to these rare diseases.
Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) deliver personalised care using holistic needs assessment (HNA) to meet changing needs.
Cancer CNSs make sure that people affected by cancer have access to the range of cancer resources and services available, receive appropriately timed information and support and have access to a specialist cancer nurse throughout their entire cancer journey from diagnosis, through treatment to Living with and Beyond Cancer or end of life care.
Cancer CNSs actively engage with the cancer management team, the wider trust, RM Partners cancer alliance and other stakeholders as appropriate to continuously raise the profile of cancer nursing, promote patient centred services, contribute to cancer care within their speciality and ensure high quality cancer care.
Main duties of the job
- To work as autonomous practitioners providing specialist nursing advice, care and support, facilitating high quality, individualised care to patients and those important to them
- To be aware of their own limitations and recognise the parameters of scope of practice of themselves and other’s.
- To provide support to inpatients and outpatients in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and in line with local and national targets and initiatives.
- To promote a culture that delivers patient centred care throughout the pathway, contributing to improved patient experience.
- To act as a professional role model, providing expert direct and indirect clinical care, teaching, research and leadership. They require knowledge, skills and behaviours across all four pillars of advancing practice.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
- NMC registration and a degree in related subject
- Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject cancer care)
- Advanced Communication course and Level 2 psychological skills training.
- Recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable teaching experience
- MSc or MA in related speciality
- Recognised physical assessment module at level 7
- Leadership course
- Quality improvement training
Experience
- Relevant and substantial post registration experience at band 6 or above to speciality
- Experience of working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Experience of teaching and assessing others
- Experience of audit and service development
- Experience of leading and managing
- Research experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- In depth knowledge of speciality and use of evidence-based practice
- Ability to lead and influence change
- Ability to design and deliver education programmes
Right to work
If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK
We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).
Vacancy Closing Date
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Rare Gynaecological Cancers CNS employer: Imperial
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