Main area Haematology Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 236-OCO-NM550-25
Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Oldham Hospital Town Oldham Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2025 23:59
Macmillan Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
Join Our Specialist Haematology Team – Make a Difference as a Haematology Nurse Specialist
Are you passionate about supporting patients through life-changing haematological illnesses? We’re looking for a dedicated nurse to work alongside our Clinical Haematology Team, providing expert advice and compassionate care for patients facing conditions like leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
What You’ll Do:
* Serve as a vital resource for complex nursing advice, supporting patients and their families from diagnosis through treatment, recovery, and palliation
* Offer emotional, psychological, and practical support as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring patients receive holistic, person-centred care
* Advocate for patients, signpost to relevant services, and coordinate care to create a seamless, supportive journey
* Collaborate closely with the Haematology Advanced Nurse Practitioner to deliver nurse-led chemotherapy clinics, administer treatments, and support bone marrow procedures
Why Join Us:
This role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in patients’ lives during their most vulnerable times. Join a forward-thinking team committed to excellence, innovation, and compassionate care. If you’re dedicated to providing expert support and improving patient outcomes, we want to hear from you.
Take your career to the next level—apply now and help transform haematology patient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key leadership role as a senior nurse within the team, providing support to patients throughout their cancer journey. They will offer expert advice and support to patients, their families, and other healthcare professionals, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure high-quality care.
This role requires maintaining professional standards, acting as a role model, and providing accessible leadership at all times. The postholder will deliver education and training to colleagues relevant to the role and support their ongoing professional development. The role also includes management and strategic responsibilities, such as report writing, data collection, audits, and service development opportunities.
Additionally, the postholder will promote evidence-based practice within the specialty by integrating expert clinical skills, education, and a strong commitment to nursing research.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
* Substantial Post Registration Experience
* Proven Experience of Speciality with expert level of knowledge
* Evidence of Leadership
* Trained to administer chemotherapy
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Knowledge of service improvement
* Awareness of NMC code of conduct and professional practice
* Registered Nurse with current NMC Pin
* Advanced clinical skills
* Teaching qualification
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Evidence of relevant accredited courses in haematology
* Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
* Communicates clearly and accurately both written add verbally
* Ability to co-ordinate workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care
* Counselling experience
* Experience of undertaking bone marrow biopsies
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .
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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