Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Haematology nurse to join our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Lymphoma, with a complementary role as a CAR-T Link Nurse. This Band 7 role is primarily focused on ALL, while also offering the opportunity to develop specialist expertise across lymphoma and the expanding field of cellular therapies.
You will join a well-established Haematology service, working as part of a broad multidisciplinary team. Within this post, you will work as part of the CNS team while being closely aligned to the Cellular Therapy CNS team, contributing to shared workstreams and collaborative service development. You will have joint appraisals, with personal objectives aligned to the priorities and development needs of both the Haematology CNS service and the Cellular Therapy service.
About You
You will be a confident, proactive and compassionate practitioner with strong haemato-oncology experience and excellent communication skills. You should be able to work autonomously, prioritise effectively and demonstrate advanced clinical decision-making. This role is ideal for someone ready to develop expertise in ALL and Lymphoma, with a strong interest in CAR-T and the evolving cellular therapy landscape.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
*Provide specialist assessment, coordination and holistic support for adults with ALL and Lymphoma.
*Manage your own caseload and run autonomous nurse-led clinics.
*Act as the CAR-T Link Nurse, working closely with the CAR-T/Cellular Therapy CNS team to provide ongoing disease-specific support, ensuring patients retain continuity, familiarity and expert disease-focused oversight throughout their CAR-T pathway and post-treatment journey.
*Attend both the Haematology and CAR-T MDT meetings, as well as the nursing team meetings for the Haematology and Cellular Therapy services, to support clear communication and alignment across teams.
*Contribute to audit activity, service development, pathway improvement and the nursing education programme across ALL, lymphoma and cellular therapy services.
*Support the post--CAR-T BiTE therapy cohort, ensuring seamless continuation of disease-directed care.
*Provide training, mentorship and education to nursing colleagues within the Haematology and Cellular Therapy service.
*Provide cross-cover for other haemato-oncology and cellular therapy clinics as required.
*Hold or be willing to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP)
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in Haematology or SACT or specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- *Recognised mentorship course
- *Health assessment course at FEHQ Level 6 / 7
Desirable
- *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake
- *Advanced Communication Training
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Significant post registration experience at B6 or above in Haematology
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around cancer and cellular therapies.
- *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- *Experience in service development
- *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- *Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- *Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in Haematology or SACT or specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- *Recognised mentorship course
- *Health assessment course at FEHQ Level 6 / 7
Desirable
- *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake
- *Advanced Communication Training
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Significant post registration experience at B6 or above in Haematology
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around cancer and cellular therapies.
- *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- *Experience in service development
- *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- *Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- *Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
