Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our breast cancer nursing team. In this role, you will support the Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialists in providing high‑quality, holistic care to patients with breast cancer, as well as their relatives and carers. Your support will span the entire patient pathway—from diagnosis and treatment through survivorship and metastatic disease.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role
1. Work collaboratively with all members of the MDT to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence‑based care for individuals accessing the breast cancer service, ensuring a seamless and patient‑centred experience.
2. Maintain high standards of clinical care for patients with breast cancer through strong professional leadership, advanced clinical knowledge, and specialist skills.
3. Deliver a range of nurse‑led clinics, providing specialised care and support for breast cancer patients, and refer to consultants or nurse‑led follow‑up pathways as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
4. Maintain a visible and professional presence with staff and patients, contributing directly to high‑quality patient care.
5. Develop nursing skills, competence, and advanced practice within your area of responsibility.
6. Act as a professional role model and provide effective, facilitative clinical leadership.
7. Take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care programmes for patients with breast cancer, in line with evidence‑based practice.
8. Continue to develop your knowledge and competence in breast cancer care, demonstrating an evidence‑based approach.
9. Attend and participate as a core member of the Breast MDT meeting in accordance with national guidance.
10. Manage your own workload across a wide range of specialist activities, including planning throughout the patient pathway and liaising directly with other healthcare professionals and agencies.
11. Support the overall patient experience by coordinating medical and nursing care, and escalating concerns to the consultant when required.
12. Provide psychological and emotional support, advice, counselling, information, and education to breast cancer patients, their partners, and families throughout diagnosis, treatment, and follow‑up.
13. Use the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment tool to identify individual patient support needs before treatment, at the end of treatment, and develop care plans to address their concerns.
Please refer to the attached JD file.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. registered nurse
15. Mentorship or teaching qualification
16. Evidence of continuous Professional development
Desirable criteria
17. Degree in nurse related speciality or working towards
18. Advanced communication skills
19. IRMER Qualified
Experience
Essential criteria
20. Substantial clinical experience within acute hospital setting
21. Working collaboratively across professions, organisations and services
22. teaching staff/ patients/relatives within the working environment
Desirable criteria
23. Expereince within the speciality of breast care and/or oncology
24. Participation in service development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
25. Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
26. knowledge and application of Clinical Governance
27. knowledge of Clinical audit and research
28. Knowledge of NHS IT Systems
Desirable criteria
29. knowledge of oncology, breast care and research within the specialist field
Skills
Essential criteria
30. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
31. Able to prioritise, organise and manage own workload and work with minimal supervision.
32. Able to be a positive and effective team worker in the multidisciplinary team.
33. Able to analyse complex patient conditions and take appropriate action
34. Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specialist care
35. Intermediate IT skills
Desirable criteria
36. Able to analyse data and provide and present written reports
37. Team Leadership & motivational skills
Applicant requirements
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.