Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lung Oncology

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Lung team at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lung oncology as a fixed term CNS.
The post holder will provide specialist advice and support to patients and their carers throughout their care pathway, as well as providing education and support to staff throughout the trust. The post holder will support the consultant team as well as delivering nurse led services for patients with Lung tumours.
This role is currently based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in the Eastern sector, however you will be required to travel between our network hospital sites, including Liverpool and the Wirral sector.
You should possess advanced clinical skills, be an excellent communicator, leader and educator, and be highly motivated to lead and deliver a service. A background in cancer nursing is ideal, recent experience in working within the specialty of Lung-oncology would be essential.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Ann Griffiths
Or
Sarah Rose [email protected],

• Leads the development of patient

focused education, including training to
self-manage ongoing consequences of
treatment.

• Be an active part in attending case

conferences, SRGs and MDTs as
required.
Actively participates in multi-professional
meetings, acting as patient advocate and
representing nursing views.

• Takes personal responsibility for lifelong learning and personal development

through clinical supervision, appraisal
and maintaining compliance with Trust
mandatory training.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.