Clinical Nurse Specialist - Metastatic Breast Cancer in Bebington

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Metastatic Breast Cancer

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 158-26-277-SRG1

Site The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral Town Wirral Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Skilled Worker sponsorship will be assigned in line with Trust procedure. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

The Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist is responsible for the provisions of the coordination of patient care across Merseyside, which includes providing expert clinical leadership, specialist advice to manage the care of patients with metastatic breast cancer.

They will act as a role model demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others. They will develop patient pathways and be responsible for developing the nursing service, while working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that services complies with national standards.

The role is key in offering patients and families the skills of a clinical nurse specialist in symptom control, emotional and spiritual care. Deliver evidence based individualised patient care according to patient’s changing health care needs, through holistic needs assessment (HNA). To provide expert knowledge and advice in own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice.

This is a 22.5 hr post based at CCC-Wirral with flexibility based on job plan and service need to attend other clinics within the CCC service

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a lead role in monitoring and improving the standards of care through supervision of practise, clinical audit, developing and leading practise, contributing to the research teaching and support of professional colleagues.

The post holder will be responsible for providing complex specialist clinical advice and support to patients, families, relatives, public and NHS Professionals internal and external to the Trust.

The post holder will work autonomously and develop collaborative relationships with others. They will offer advice, support and education to clinical teams across the trust and cancer network.

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Degree in healthcare related subject
• Evidence of Masters level learning
• Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject
• Advanced Communication skills training or prepared to work towards
• Recognised leadership qualification
• Psychological skills training - Level 2 or above
• MSc Clinical Examination
• MSc Research Qualification

Knowledge and Expertise

• In depth understanding of evidence based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
• Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Recognise and respond to unwell/deteriorating patient

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in cancer, palliative care or the specialty
• Experience of teaching
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of multi-professional working
• Evidence of advanced communications skills
• Ability to lead and influence change
• HNA training and undertaking eHNA
• Experience of writing policies and procedures
• Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
• Experience of audit and research
• Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and it’s role across the UK

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.

The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'.

We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks such as Ethnic Diversity Staff Network, LGBTQ+ Staff Network, Armed Forces Staff Network, MAPLE Staff Network & Menopause Support Group. The Trust does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment and has firmed up processes for reporting this, including a dedicated Freedom To Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian.

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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