An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide maternity leave cover for a band 6 Children’s Oncology / Haematology / CNS. This is a fixed-term/secondment post until 22nd June 2026, for 30 hours per week.
The CNS will join an established team dedicated to managing cancer and haematology conditions in children. We are a busy service with a caseload working across North East Essex.
You will provide specialist clinical advice and care to children and young people with cancer and haematology conditions. We are looking for a confident, innovative, and experienced children’s nurse who will work within a multidisciplinary team, providing support to both acute and community services. You will need to be a good team player and able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services, and agencies.
* To act as a specialised practitioner, with high levels of autonomy, in the prioritisation and management of a caseload of children with cancer/haematology conditions, intervening appropriately whilst ensuring all interventions are based on evidence-based standards of care and best practice guidelines.
* Manage your own caseload of patients, working within the remit of your professional registration, national legislation, and Trust policies and guidance.
* Responsible for initiating appropriate and timely consultation and/or referral when beyond your level of expertise/knowledge.
* Liaise and work with the Primary Treatment Centre, CCNT, and palliative care teams in assessing the child's and family’s physical, psychological, and social needs, implementing all agreed management plans, and making appropriate referrals.
We are ESNEFT, providing hospital and community health services to nearly one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, clinics, and in patients’ homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing over 12,000 staff. We support our staff with a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave (pro-rata), and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing program offers various services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. We focus on improving our processes and removing delays for staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters through a partnership with Epic, a leading electronic patient record (EPR) provider. This digital transformation will introduce the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming hospital life for staff and patients.
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For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Martina Thomas
Job title: Matron - Children's Community Nursing Team
Email: martina.thomas@esneft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07785518438
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