Acute Oncology Specialist Support Nurse
Overview
Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 27 October 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a growing and dynamic Acute Oncology Service (AOS) within the East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust. We have a permanent full time post available in Colchester Hospital. Based within the Acute Oncology Service you will have the ability to develop and consolidate your existing skills in medical/oncological triage and the assessment of acutely unwell oncology patients within the organisation. You will be pivotal in the co-ordination and further expansion of the role within the Acute Oncology Service across both sites within the trust. You should have experience of triaging unwell medical and or oncology/haematology patients and the ability to manage a dedicated patient caseload as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
You will carry out over the phone assessments and inpatient rounds reviewing patients who have presented to the AOS unwell either through a complication of malignancy or side effect of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments.
For this role you need to have excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team.
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 the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, 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
Experience
* Proven post registration experience in Oncology/Haematology
* Proven post registration experience in Acute/emergency medicine
* Knowledge of Chemotherapy and or Radiotherapy
* Experiencing of triaging unwell Oncology/Haematology or Acute Medicine patients.
Qualifications
* Nursing Degree
* NMC Registration
* CPD relevant to Cancer speciality or Acute/Emergency medicine
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
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata
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