Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist with proven clinical skills in Respiratory and/or Cancer nursing to join a well-developed and supportive multidisciplinary team providing optimal care for patients and their families within the Lung Cancer diagnostic pathway for a 2 year secondment. The successful candidate will have outstanding communication skills, be dynamic, fast-thinking, kind and confident. Your priority will always be a patient-focused service; you will have proven organisation and IT skills and demonstrable experience in managing patients undergoing diagnostic procedures in this busy service.
You will be working across both Guys and St Thomas's hospitals, delivering high quality clinical care, often in a time-critical context. You will need to be open to learning new skills and capable of growing the service while leading a team including a Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist. The successful candidate will need to have a working knowledge of the timelines in oncology care, be pro-active in developing service improvements, training and development and act as a role model. You will need to have the ability to grow constructive working relationships throughout the service and lead a multidisciplinary team.,
Closing date: 13th January 2026
Interview date: 21st January 2026
Main duties of the job
As a CNS you will review patients within both outpatient and inpatient settings offering symptom management and support in our nurse-led clinics.
The role also requires you to support patients and their families, liaising with internal and external services to ensure continuity of care.
You will transfer, apply and develop your nursing knowledge and skills to ensure that the quality of care and the needs of adults within the diagnostic pathway are optimised in accordance with current national and Trust guidelines. You must be organised, confident and have excellent communication skills to enable you to liaise effectively with the MDT and work with a diverse and varied group of patients and carers. You will be an integral part of the team working in partnership with a wide range of clinical and administrative colleagues and be the main point of contact for patients awaiting their interventional procedures.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises of five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St, Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Managing a caseload of patients, providing information and support.
2. Conducting face-to-face and telephone clinic appointments between Guy’s and St. Thomas’ sites, ensuring that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets.
3. Work closely with the Pathway Coordinators to ensure clinics are managed efficiently and referrals processed in a timely manner.
4. To review inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support to hospital staff.
5. To take responsibility for the patient helpline, triaging and responding to patients and their relatives in a timely manner, escalating concerns as appropriate.
6. Co-ordination of care for patients requiring diagnostic procedures within the chest clinic and inpatient setting.
7. Attend and contribute to a range of MDT meetings, internal and external meetings relevant to the service representing GSTT.
8. Over-see nurse-led clinics for patients post thoracic surgery and under surveillance.
9. Requesting scans in line with non medical referral agreement
10. Ensuring scans are completed in a timely manner and all relevant information collated prior to their appointment.
11. Assessing patient’s health and holistic needs and make referrals to other services as needed.
12. Guide patients through the lung cancer post-op follow up pathway and providing patients with a point of contact.
13. Audit monitor and review the service developing Standard Operating Procedures to ensure continuity of the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. NMC Registration Part1
15. Mentorship course or equivalent
16. Post-registration qualification relevant to the post or equivalent post qualification experience
17. Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Desirable criteria
18. Advanced assessment qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Significant post registration experience within respiratory and/or oncology
20. Experience of managing a team or caseload
Desirable criteria
21. Experience working within an outpatient environment
22. Experience delivering nurse-led clinics
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
23. Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty
24. Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
25. Ability to clinically lead & influence staff
26. Demonstrates an awareness of clinical governance and risk management
Desirable criteria
27. Understanding of cancer pathways & relevant diagnostic tests and procedures
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
28. Demonstrates the Trust Values and behaviours in application
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.