Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/04/2026 23:59
Gynaecology Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate nurse to join the Women’s Services team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust as a Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist. In this rewarding role, you will provide expert, patient-centred care and support to individuals diagnosed with gynaecological cancer, guiding them and their families throughout their treatment journey.
Working as a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will manage a specialist caseload, coordinate individual care pathways, and deliver holistic assessments that address the physical, emotional and psychosocial needs of patients. You will act as a trusted advocate and key worker, offering specialist advice, education and reassurance to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
The role also offers the opportunity to lead nurse-led clinics, contribute to service development, participate in audit and research activities, and support the education of staff and students across the Trust.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated nurse to further develop their specialist knowledge, influence high-quality cancer care, and make a meaningful difference to the experience and outcomes of patients living with gynaecological cancer.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Use advanced communication skills to deliver complex and life altering information
* Ability to overcome or manage any barriers to communication
* Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
* Effective communication skills across the multidisciplinary team and different health and social care settings, all levels
* Ability to work well within a team and to motivate and influence others where appropriate
* Ability to accept responsibility and delegate appropriately
* Demonstrates confidence in self, can be assertive and diplomatic in communication with patients, relatives and colleagues
* Evidence of Leadership and motivational skills
* Experience of working as a Keyworker
* Gynaecology assessment skills / smear taker
* Demonstrates an ability to undertake a holistic assessment of patients
* To plan evaluate and implement care
* Able to assimilate and analyse complex information and act on this accordingly
* Ability to make decisions of varying complexity and sensitivity
* Ability to deal with complex and emotional situations, make decisions under pressure, innovative
* Problem solving and awareness of own limitations
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Ability to prioritise a complex and demanding workload flexibly
* Published work
* Experience of collating data
* Experience with budgeting and delivering cost effective initiatives
* Experience of user involvement processes and evaluation
* Involvement in audit, project and/or research work
* High level of organisation
* Demonstrable negotiation and change management skills
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse Professional Body: NMC
* Degree in Nursing/Health related subject, undertaking a degree pathway, or willingness to undertake
* Evidence of continued professional development AF and I Advanced Communication Skills training
* Evidence of leadership development/qualification
* Teaching experience/qualification
* Significant experience within specialist cancer nursing at band 6 or above
* Relevant senior post registration experience in cancer, palliative care or the specialty Advanced clinical competencies including ACST and psychological assessment.
* Demonstrates excellent communication skills, experience of multi professional and cross-organisational working
* Experience of advanced holistic patient assessment and/or triage
* Experience of teaching patients/staff/carers in a complex specialist field using different teaching techniques
* Experience of breaking bad news, or delivering complex, life-altering information
* Experience of identifying and managing the short prepared to work towards/experience in discussing DNARCPR (RESPECT) or advanced care planning
* Working in nurse-led clinics, including performing interventions as per additional training, if required for the role and long-term effects of diagnosis and treatment
* Expert knowledge of cancer treatments and symptom control
* Experience of dealing with highly sensitive issues, conflict and difficult situations
* Advanced Communication Skills training
* Nurse prescribing course
* Psychological assessment skills Level 2 training
* Research qualification
* Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards
* Masters level learning or prepared to work towards
* Experience in discussing DNARCPR (RESPECT) or advanced care planning
* Working in nurse led clinics, including performing interventions as per additional training, if required for the role
* Supporting change management
Further Training
* Research qualification
* Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards Masters level learning or AF and I Oncology and/or specialty-related qualification or equivalent experience
* Ability to recognise own stress levels and how to best manage them
Contractual Requirements
* 37.5 hours
* Flexible approach to work
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
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We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
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