Band 7 - Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cancer

Job overview

Are you a highly motivated, passionate and adaptable clinical leader? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive full time Band 7 Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team based at Watford Hospital.

You will work as part of a team of Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and will also work effectively as an autonomous practitioner.  You will be a vital core member of the Lung Cancer multidisciplinary team providing specialist advice and support to both patients and their families as well as other health care professionals.  You will also act as a key worker for patients with lung cancer at all stages of the cancer pathway.

Main duties of the job

You will influence patient care through clinical practice, clinical management, leadership, education, research, audit in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

This will include delivering the ‘supportive care’ requirements for patients with lung cancer as well as undertaking initial assessment of patients with suspected lung cancer and requesting the appropriate investigations.

Communication of complex and sensitive information is a core element that runs throughout daily practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have confidence in communicating with staff at all levels within the organisation as well as patients and families. Sound clinical reasoning skills are essential, and you will be able to prioritise your workload in order to meet competing demands.