# Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/breast-cancer-clinical-nurse-specialist/848b0bb3-e5e0-4df1-9c6e-d12cd329bc74 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/breast-cancer-clinical-nurse-specialist/848b0bb3-e5e0-4df1-9c6e-d12cd329bc74.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Warrington - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-12T15:03:35.046Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Runcorn/Warrington_Halton_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer_Services/Cancer_Services-v8081121 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8081121?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and clinically skilled nurse to join our existing team of Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists in a part time post of 22.5 hours. The post holder will need to have experience within Breast cancer pathways. The post holder will provide expert clinical and supportive care for patients diagnosed with Breast cancer and work with the Local Multidisciplinary Team  in supporting patients throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway, providing individualised, compassionate and informed patient care. ### Main duties of the job To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end. To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end. To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care;  assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches. FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and clinically skilled nurse to join our existing team of Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists in a part time post of 22.5 hours. The post holder will need to have experience within Breast cancer pathways. The post holder will provide expert clinical and supportive care for patients diagnosed with Breast cancer and work with the Local Multidisciplinary Team in supporting patients throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway, providing individualised, compassionate and informed patient care. ## Job Description To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end. To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches. ## Responsibilities To be responsible for providing appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Breast Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment end. To play a pivotal role within the Breast Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected breast cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. They will provide guidance, supervision and training to peers and junior members of staff. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches. FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Current specialist knowledge in Breast Cancers - Clinical experience in this specialty - Experience of service development and implementation of change - Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area **Desirable** - Ward Management experience - Broad range of clinical experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - RGN - 1st Degree or working towards one (Relevant healthcare related) or working at an equivalent level - Post-registration qualification in Oncology - Teaching and assessing certificate - Clear evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Nurse Prescriber (independent) - Clinical Examination/diagnostics module - Advanced Communication Skills ### Skills, Knowledge & Competencies **Essential** - Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients and relatives in a variety of settings - Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication - Able to analyse data and provide written reports - IT skills - Able to manage work autonomously, within broad clinical parameters - Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area - Able to present information to professional groups - Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care - In conjunction with other clinical colleagues, develop and plan specialised care pathways for patients - Ability to clinically lead and influence staff - Able to perform advanced clinical skills within the Trust Policy framework - Assertive - Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues - Ability to manage own workload **Desirable** - Intermediate IT Skills - Experience in carrying out Holistic Needs Assessment and care planning ## Documents - [job description (docx, 417.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10373294) - [whh staff benefits (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2892) - [ncm recruitment overview for candidates (pdf, 126.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3031) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.