Band 7 - Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cancer
Main area Cancer Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 360-B-10959
Department name West Herts - General Staffing Site Watford General Hospital Town Watford Salary £50,008 - £56,908 pa inc. HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 01/03/2026 23:59
Job overview
Are you a highly motivated, passionate and adaptable clinical leader? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive full time Band 7 Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team based at Watford Hospital.
You will work as part of a team of Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and will also work effectively as an autonomous practitioner. You will be a vital core member of the Lung Cancer multidisciplinary team providing specialist advice and support to both patients and their families as well as other health care professionals. You will also act as a key worker for patients with lung cancer at all stages of the cancer pathway.
Main duties of the job
You will influence patient care through clinical practice, clinical management, leadership, education, research, audit in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
This will include delivering the ‘supportive care’ requirements for patients with lung cancer as well as undertaking initial assessment of patients with suspected lung cancer and requesting the appropriate investigations.
Communication of complex and sensitive information is a core element that runs throughout daily practice.
Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
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We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have confidence in communicating with staff at all levels within the organisation as well as patients and families. Sound clinical reasoning skills are essential, and you will be able to prioritise your workload in order to meet competing demands.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Teaching qualification eg ENB 998 or extensive experience.
* Educated to Degree level
* Relevant post registration qualifications in oncology / palliative care.
* Evidence of recent professional development.
* Educated or working towards Masters level.
* Clinical Examination Module at Level 6/7 or willingness to work towards.
* Psychological support training at level 2.
* Post Registration.
* Advanced communication skills training
Knowledge
* Working in the health care sector with staff management experience
* Up-to-date knowledge of cancer.
* Understanding of the cancer patient and carer issues and their role in service improvement.
* Knowledge and understanding of Achieving World Class.
* Cancer outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020.
* Experience of working across a variety of care settings.
* Evidence of innovation/change management.
* Understanding of the Key worker role.
* Knowledge of commissioning procedures
Experience
* Experience of caring for patients with cancer / Oncology/Palliative care needs (post registration experience at Band 6).
* Teaching/educating of Nurses and patients.
* Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
* Highly developed interpersonal skills with an ability to inspire and motivate teams.
* Ability to work with multi professional/ cultural organisations, across organisational boundaries.
* Demonstrates advanced clinical skills in managing complex care situations.
* Wide range of experience in providing multi-disciplinary education within the specialist field.
* Experience of undertaking and applying research, audit to deliver the clinical governance agenda.
* Practical experience of participating in change / developing practice, project management.
* Proven experience of Change management.
* Experience of implementing research and audit programmes/ surveys.
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.
As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Name Claire Conway Job title Head of Nursing for Cancer Email address claire.conway8@nhs.net Telephone number 07341515671
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
Telephone 01442 365234
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