Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, compassionate, and motivated Registered Nurse to join our team as a part-time Band 6 Head & Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist providing specialist care, support and care coordination for patients with cancer and complex needs. This role offers the chance to develop expertise in head and neck, and thyroid oncology, specialist wound care and altered airway management support. This will be whilst working alongside an experienced, supportive, and highly motivated CNS team.

The post holder will act as a key worker throughout the patient and people affected by cancer’s cancer journey, and beyond, ensuring that patient’s and their families receive timely, personalised and compassionate care. The CNS will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, coordinating investigations, treatment plans and MDT outcomes across local and regional cancer services, whilst supporting service development, governance, and quality improvements.

Main duties of the job

Deliver expert, patient-centred care to individuals with head and neck cancer and related conditions. Act as patient advocate. Support patients and families throughout their treatment journey, providing education, clinical guidance, and emotional support. Signpost to other services when appropriate. Work collaboratively within the CNS team, Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists, Surgeons, Oncologists, Clinic staff, ward staff, the wider MDT to ensure seamless and coordinated care. Participate in oncology clinics, multidisciplinary meetings, Maxillofacial wound care clinics, HNA clinics. Contribute to service development initiatives, and quality improvements projects. Identification of specific care needs of the patients with Head, Neck, and Thyroid cancer, delivering information at appropriate points in the patient’s pathway. There is some cross over with the skin cancer team and the maxillofacial teams resulting in shared care with a small cohort of skin cancer patients and their wound care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities.

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.