Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 17 March 2026
We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist with experience of working within breast services competent in breast examination techniques to join a busy and friendly team at Ipswich Breast Care Centre.
You will undertake various roles within the nursing team, whilst supporting patients through their treatment pathway. As an experienced breast examiner, you will be working within clinics such as breast pain, rapid assessment, PCFU, wound clinics and offering patients telephone advice. This is a key position in the breast multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will be a dedicated and knowledgeable practitioner, working within their professional boundaries to provide high-quality, patient-centered care.
Main duties of the job
* Act as keyworker to case load of patients with breast cancer within agreed local and national policies and guidelines, and provide a telephone number for patients as a point of contact
* Act as the patient's advocate, using highly developed communication and negotiating skills when informed discussion may lead to decisions being made concerning treatment options for breast cancer.
* Contribute to the effective management of inpatient and outpatient care. This encompasses surgical treatment through to patient centred or individualised follow up
* Attend and play a central role at the multi-disciplinary meetings acting as patient advocate when liaising and collaborating with other professionals to promote high quality and individualised patient care.
* Communicate highly complex and sensitive issues proficiently and effectively with patients, and their carers under difficult circumstances
* By assessing holistic needs, recognise actual and potential psychological problems patients may have relating to breast cancer, its treatments and body image and provide relevant emotional and informational support and education, ensuring that the highest quality of individualised patient care is delivered
* Identify risk factors for developing anxiety and depression, respond appropriately with signposting and referring to other agencies if indicated
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (level 1)
* 1st level degree in a relevant subject
* Relevant specialist long course in breast care at degree level
* Evidence of mentoring and coaching
* Advanced communication course
* Psychological level 2 training
* Evidence of working at Masters degree level
* Advanced Communication skills
* Clinical breast examination course or willingness to undertake
* Training and competence in micro-pigmentation or willing ness to undertake
Experience
* Registered Nurse with proven relevant experience at Band 6 caring for patients with breast disorders
* Ability to empathise and provide advice to patients and their families
* Ability to manage a caseload of patients
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within specialist area delivering effective patient focused care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata
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