Job summary
We are looking for a motivated, compassionate, and dependable nurse to join our Head & Neck and Thyroid Cancer team as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist.
In this pivotal role, you will work alongside an experienced team of Clinical Nurse Specialists to deliver holistic, patient-centred care. You will provide expert physical, psychological, and emotional support to patients and their families throughout the cancer pathway, ensuring continuity and high-quality care at every stage.
You will collaborate closely with the wider Head & Neck multidisciplinary team, contributing your specialist knowledge to treatment planning and service development.
As a Band 7 CNS, you will demonstrate strong leadership and management skills. You will mentor junior colleagues, support clinical education, and play an active role in developing and implementing protocols, pathways, and quality-improvement initiatives. Your leadership will help drive excellence across the service and uphold the highest standards of patient care.
Main duties of the job
Clinical responsibilities include: Providing high-quality care for patients with head and neck cancer, offering psychosocial support to patients and families, and acting as a key worker throughout and beyond treatment. The role requires advanced clinical assessment skills within nurse-led clinics, autonomous and collaborative practice, and ensuring holistic needs are considered in decision-making. You will use advanced communication skills, participate in MDT meetings, manage complex clinical issues, perform specialised technical skills, support staff during challenging situations, and contribute to training within defined areas.
Leadership and management responsibilities include: Acting in line with the Code of Professional Conduct, supporting staff and service development, contributing to Quality Surveillance Programme documentation, advising on policies and governance, modelling high standards of care, collaborating with cancer nursing teams, ensuring accurate use of IT systems, and promoting adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policies.
Education, teaching, audit, and research responsibilities include: Evaluating cancer survey results and developing action plans, assessing patient and family education needs, and providing specialist education to professionals involved in head and neck cancer care.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Maintain a high standard of care for all patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer, offering exceptional psychosocial support to patients and their families/carers during and after oncology treatment.
- Serve as an effective key worker for patients and their families, providing guidance, support, and appropriate referrals when needed.
- Develop and apply advanced clinical assessment skills in nurse-led clinics to independently manage patients with head and neck oncology diagnoses, ensuring their physical and psychological care needs are optimally met.
- Contribute to the development of nurse-led clinics, working autonomously and in collaboration with head and neck clinicians.
- To ensure a patients holistic needs are met in the decision-making process.
- Utilise advanced communication skills to maintain high-quality service and ensure timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
- Attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and represent the MDT at local/regional business meetings and the West Midlands Expert Advisory Group meetings
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details about the role, including the key responsibilities, required qualifications, and expectations for successful applicants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Maintain a high standard of care for all patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer, offering exceptional psychosocial support to patients and their families/carers during and after oncology treatment.
- Serve as an effective key worker for patients and their families, providing guidance, support, and appropriate referrals when needed.
- Develop and apply advanced clinical assessment skills in nurse-led clinics to independently manage patients with head and neck oncology diagnoses, ensuring their physical and psychological care needs are optimally met.
- Contribute to the development of nurse-led clinics, working autonomously and in collaboration with head and neck clinicians.
- To ensure a patients holistic needs are met in the decision-making process.
- Utilise advanced communication skills to maintain high-quality service and ensure timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
- Attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and represent the MDT at local/regional business meetings and the West Midlands Expert Advisory Group meetings
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details about the role, including the key responsibilities, required qualifications, and expectations for successful applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Employer's website
https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
