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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to lead, motivate and to encourage others in a team
- Skills
Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Skills
Ability to provide high quality patient centred care
- Experience
Significant post-registration experience including some in a position relevant to the speciality
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Qualifications
Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality
- Attitude, aptitude
Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Attitude, aptitude
Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Breast Oncology Team.
In this role, you will:
- provide a comprehensive service for patients within the specialist area of care
- provide direct patient care and support in helping improve quality of life by educating the patient on the management and control of symptoms and offering support following diagnosis
- be a resource for other health professionals
- provide and promote a high standard of professional care at all times whilst upholding and influencing professional and Trust values
- develop, implement and evaluate care packages for a specialist group of patients.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a specified case load of patients, providing information and support, to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments
- Ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place
- Visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support
- Undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s symptoms and in liaison with the Medical team organise investigations as required
- Supply and/or administer medication according to Patient Group Directions or in accordance with the Trust’s Prescribing Policy for registered nurse prescribers
- Provide ongoing support for newly diagnosed and existing patients, their family and carers
- To interpret pathology, histology and radiological results, discuss with consultant and take appropriate action as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
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.
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This advert is for Clinical Nurse Specialist - Oncology with Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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