Clinical Nurse Specialist - Mesothelioma
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist to take on a newly developed regional role. This post is a fixed-term position for an initial 24 months.
The postholder will work across a diverse caseload, providing expert clinical support, advice, and care coordination for patients with mesothelioma, ensuring a high-quality, patient-centred experience throughout their pathway. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams across the region, you will enhance patient experience, improve access to specialist care, and act as a trusted point of contact for patients and families.
As a new role, you will help shape service development and lead on data collection and evaluation to support a business case for its future sustainability and growth.
Main Duties
* Provide expert, patient-centred clinical care to individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma across a regional caseload, ensuring continuity of care and high-quality patient experience.
* Act as a key point of contact and source of specialist advice for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
* Support and coordinate care across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring timely access to investigations, treatments, and supportive services.
* Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate complex care needs, including symptom management, psychosocial support, and palliative care where appropriate.
* Promote patient education and self-management, ensuring patients and families are informed and supported throughout the care pathway.
* Contribute to service development, including the design, implementation, and evaluation of new pathways and care initiatives.
* Collect and analyse service and patient data to support ongoing service evaluation and development, including contributing to a business case for the future sustainability of the post.
* Maintain professional standards, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, clinical guidelines, and evidence-based practice.
* Act as an ambassador for mesothelioma care, raising awareness and promoting best practice across the regional healthcare network.
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* Degree in healthcare related subject
* Evidence of Masters level learning
* Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject
* Advanced Communications Skills training or prepared to work towards
* MSc Clinical Examination
* Psychological skills training - level 2 or above
* Msc Research qualification
Experience
* Relevant post registration experience,, in cancer, palliative care or the specialty
* Experience of teaching
* In‑depth specialist knowledge
* Experience of multi‑professional working
* Leadership and Management experience
* Evidence of advanced communications skills
* Ability to lead and influence change
* HNA training and undertaking eHNA
* Experience of writing policies and procedures
* Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
* Experience of audit and research
* Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK
Knowledge and Expertise
* In depth understanding of evidence based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
* Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field.
* Evidence of continued professional development
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.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
Part‑time
Reference number
158-25-440-SRG-RAD
Job locations
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral
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