# Cancer Specialist Professional > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-specialist-professional/da4c38d8-c09f-4f12-a422-caf72d1de8f5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-specialist-professional/da4c38d8-c09f-4f12-a422-caf72d1de8f5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Edward Jenner Court - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Estimated Contract end July 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours can be considered if appropriate) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-29T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-11T14:50:55.813Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer_rehabilitation/Cancer_rehabilitation-v8404158 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8404158?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Professional to join the Macmillan Next Steps Cancer Rehabilitation Service on a six-month fixed-term basis. Macmillan Next Steps is a community-based cancer rehabilitation service supporting people living with and beyond cancer to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life. We are looking for a motivated and innovative individual with strong clinical and leadership skills to help support the delivery and ongoing development of the service. ### Main duties of the job Working alongside the existing Band 7 Team Lead, you will provide specialist clinical support, leadership and supervision to the team. You will undertake holistic patient assessments and triage, provide individualised 1:1 rehabilitation support to patients with complex physical and psychological needs, and empower individuals to manage the ongoing consequences of cancer and its treatment. You will also contribute to service improvement and development, support the delivery of patient education and health and wellbeing programmes, and work collaboratively with colleagues across primary care, secondary care and the voluntary sector. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, experience of multidisciplinary working and a passion for delivering holistic, person-centred care. If you are passionate about cancer rehabilitation and making a positive difference to the lives of people affected by cancer, we would love to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide clinical supervision to the clinical team and contribute to the identification of objectives and training needs as part of the annual personal development reviews. - Coordinates Multidisciplinary activities including caseload management - Assists the other team lead with the operational management of the service on a day to day basis. - Undertakes specialist diagnosis, assessment and treatment of people living with or beyond cancer, to assist people to adapt and cope with living with the long-term physical and psychological consequences of cancer treatment. - Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policy using audit and policy development. - To participate in and contribute to service modernisation including operational planning, implementation of policy, leading on delegated projects that enable to expansion of the service to new tumour sites and localities. - Communicate service change and development across the Cancer pathway, involving relevant partners and stakeholders. - Co facilitate psychological based specialist courses such as Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for hot flushes courses ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Involvement in Appraisal process/Appraisal of others - Ability to undertake team leadership roles where appropriate, including supervisory skills and open to additional leadership training when needed - Evidence of relevant continued professional development ### Experience **Essential** - Highly developed communication skills i.e. Level 2 Psychology Advanced Communication skills or equivalent - Experience of multi-professional working - Knowledge of person centred care, positive psychology, behaviour change and self-management **Desirable** - Knowledge of treatments and consequences of treatment related side effects to enhance the person living with and beyond cancers experience and ability to self-manage and make positive health choices - Experience of developing educational programmes, teaching and presenting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree/Qualification in relevant Professional role - Appropriate post registration experience in either oncology or complex case management in long term conditions - Evidence of Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant clinical area - Professional Body Registration i.e. HCPC or equivalent ## Documents - [cancer specialist (pdf, 80.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10742933) - [cancer specialist (pdf, 184.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10742932) - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [using ai in your application (pdf, 95.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3110) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## 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.