Job summary
Lung Cancer CNS
37.5 hours per week
Secondment for 12 months
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 (dependant on experience)
Closing Date: 25th September 2025
Interview Date: TBC
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A 12-month secondment opportunity to provide a specialist service to Lung Cancer patients throughout their care pathway including the overarching responsibility for the support of patients living with and beyond cancer.
Act as a key worker and point of contact and a professional resource for patients, their carers' and the multi professional team relating to lung cancer to ensure an expert Clinical Nurse Specialist Lung Cancer Nursing Service that provides specialist nursing care for all lung cancer patients, including those with complex problems.
Working trust wide in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics and inpatient wards.
Provide advice and guidance to all levels of medical, nursing, and allied health professionals and non-professional carers' who are supporting patients with lung cancer.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct a full assessment of a patient/family's needs including holistic, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of care.
- Formulate a care plan to meet those needs.
- Provide highly complex emotional support, advice on symptom control, information regarding the disease to patients, relatives and other health professionals.
- Support patients and families during the diagnostic process, treatment phase and the terminal stages.
- Advise health professionals on care during all stages.
- Make decisions on referrals to other health professionals to facilitate optimum care.
- Co-ordinate care with other professionals involved so that care is organized efficiently, and continuity is maintained.
- Complement and supplement community and hospital colleagues to provide expert care.
- Act as initial contact between patients and families and the lung cancer team.
- Act as a resource to all those involved in lung cancer care, providing knowledge on the physical, psychological, and social impact of the disease.
- Maintain standards and assist with protocols for breaking bad news, communication, and palliative care.
- Maintain own patient case notes and provide written documentation in medical and/or nursing notes.
- Attend and contribute to regular meetings with the lung cancer and specialist palliative care teams, providing expertise in lung cancer and palliative care.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide services to facilitate and maintain the optimum quality of life for patients and relatives during investigations, throughout the course of the illness including terminal care.
- Provide up-to-date and relevant written information to patients and families regarding lung cancer, its diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care.
- Assist Medical Consultants within the Lung Cancer team.
- Attend and actively participate in the weekly Lung MDT meeting, contribute to the discussion, present cases, and decisions, and ensure that decisions are effectively coordinated and communicated to other health professionals or to the patient.
- To undertake Telemedicine clinics as part of the diagnostic pathway for patients referred with suspected lung cancer.
- Lead on patient communication issues and co-ordination of the patients pathway for patients referred to the team - acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for patients accessing the lung service.
- Provide a credible source of specialist clinical knowledge and advice, taking an active role in self-development, reviewing own performance, identifying own needs, and taking active measures to meet those needs.
- Function as a key member of the Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, collaborating closely with the Medical Consultants within that team.
- Liaise with Lead Cancer Nurse on matters relevant to the role, practice delivery and professional issues.
- Provide professional leadership and expert nursing advice and support to other healthcare professionals within the lung cancer service across the Trust and actively support their professional development
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide services to facilitate and maintain the optimum quality of life for patients and relatives during investigations, throughout the course of the illness including terminal care.
- Provide up-to-date and relevant written information to patients and families regarding lung cancer, its diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care.
- Assist Medical Consultants within the Lung Cancer team.
- Attend and actively participate in the weekly Lung MDT meeting, contribute to the discussion, present cases, and decisions, and ensure that decisions are effectively coordinated and communicated to other health professionals or to the patient.
- To undertake Telemedicine clinics as part of the diagnostic pathway for patients referred with suspected lung cancer.
- Lead on patient communication issues and co-ordination of the patients pathway for patients referred to the team - acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for patients accessing the lung service.
- Provide a credible source of specialist clinical knowledge and advice, taking an active role in self-development, reviewing own performance, identifying own needs, and taking active measures to meet those needs.
- Function as a key member of the Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, collaborating closely with the Medical Consultants within that team.
- Liaise with Lead Cancer Nurse on matters relevant to the role, practice delivery and professional issues.
- Provide professional leadership and expert nursing advice and support to other healthcare professionals within the lung cancer service across the Trust and actively support their professional development
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential
- Registered adult nursing professional qualification diploma/degree
- Significant experience of clinical areas with two years post registration
- Excellent communication skills
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
- NMC registration
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience and knowledge of working with respiratory patients and lung cancer
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to form positive working relationships within a multi profession
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical and professional judgement
Desirable
- Experience of teaching in a range of clinical settings and exposure to CNS role
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Demonstrates the ability to implement change and promote best practice
Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential
- Registered adult nursing professional qualification diploma/degree
- Significant experience of clinical areas with two years post registration
- Excellent communication skills
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
- NMC registration
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience and knowledge of working with respiratory patients and lung cancer
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to form positive working relationships within a multi profession
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical and professional judgement
Desirable
- Experience of teaching in a range of clinical settings and exposure to CNS role
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Demonstrates the ability to implement change and promote best practice
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).
