Main area Clinical Nurse Specialist (Urological Cancers) Grade NHS AfC: Band 6/7 developmental depending on experience Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 193-7705132PCG
Employer Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Berkshire Hospital Town Reading/Henley-on-Thames/Bracknell Salary £38,682 - £54,710 pro-rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/03/2026 23:59
Band 6/7 Clinical Nurse Specialist (Urological Cancers) - 30 hrs p/w
NHS AfC: Band 6/7 developmental depending on experience
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Job overview
Band 6/7 developmental role (or band 7 depending on experience) Clinical Nurse Specialist (Urological Cancers)
**A Band 6 developmental role will be considered with the applicant working towards Band 7 in line with the ACCEND pathway.**
This is a part-time post for 30 hours per week.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Urological cancer nurse specialist team for a dynamic clinical nurse specialist.
We are a friendly team with a genuine commitment to staff personal and professional development.
We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate senior nurses who are compassionate, caring and can work well with a wide range of professional colleagues looking after complex patients with an cancer diagnosis.
We work at both the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Townlands Hospital and Bracknell Healthspace.
We strongly encourage informal visits, telephone or email discussion prior to application.
Main duties of the job
Working in a small and friendly team within a larger CNS service, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary team of other dedicated and highly skilled healthcare professionals to care for patients and their families, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice and actively improving the way we work.
You will provide autonomous nurse-led services alongside the rest of the team.
Examples of duties are:
* Offering support and signposting for patients at diagnosis and onwards.
* Providing symptom advice and support for a group of patients with complex and often fast changing needs.
* Holistic Needs Assessment.
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Telephone assessment and follow-up.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work as an expert in clinical field to deliver specialist clinical services to patients with Urological cancers and cancer of unknown primary.
Provide holistic needs assessment and individualised compassionate care and be responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of this patient group.
Works with other professional groups in secondary and primary settings to develop and maintain holistic services for patients.
Provide specialist, interdisciplinary education and training to other staff and students.
Clinically manage and engineer the cancer pathway for patients with a diagnosis of cancer.
Work strategically to influence and drive the development of the service both locally and nationally.
Lead clinical audits in own area.
Participate in /facilitates/ undertakes research in specialist field.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Pt 1/12)
* Educated to a minimum of 1st degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
* Qualification in specialist area of urological cancer and/or oncology when available
Experience
* Detailed experience in facilitation/ teaching/ assessing/ coaching
* Experience of successful change management
* Experience of local/ strategic influencing
* Evidence of recent clinical practice in specialist area of urological nursing and/or oncology
We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
* Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
* Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Money Advice Service
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
* On-site nursery (based at RBH)
* Full educational library services
* Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
* Bus to work scheme
* Excellent rail and bus links
* A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
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The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.
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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 due to the application cap imposed.
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.
Name Nicky Dann Job title Cancer CNS Team Leader Email address nicky.dann@royalberkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number 0118 322 8061 Additional information
Nicky Dann (Cancer CNS Team Leader) via 0118 322 8061 / nicky.dann@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
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