Lead Nurse

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen within the Breast Unit at The Royal Marsden Hospital. As a centre of excellence in oncology, we are looking for a dedicated Lead Breast Oncology Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of breast cancer care.  This is a key leadership role, combining advanced clinical expertise with operational oversight and opportunities for service improvement. You will lead and support a team of experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP’s) and Lead Clinical Nurse Specialists. The ANP’s work autonomously in the diagnostic one stop clinics, open access follow up, M3 meetings, and the Family History service.  The Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist’s lead their individual teams ensuring delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care throughout the breast cancer treatment pathway — from diagnosis to survivorship and palliative support across all treatment modalities; surgical, medical oncology and clinical oncology.

The service covers NHS and Private care across our sites in Sutton, Chelsea and Cavendish Square. The Lead Nurse role will be part of the senior management team working closely with the Service manager and be a professional positive role model promoting expert clinical practice.  We encourage informal conversations from interested applicants to learn more about the role.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and be responsible for the delivery of effective nursing for a complex group of patients and their families, ensuring compassionate and efficient care and making certain the patient is always central to the service and how it is delivered.
• Act as part of the senior management team for the Division within the Clinical Business Unit (CBU), working closely with the Service Manager, Clinical Director, Divisional Nurse Director and Divisional Director to deliver the Trust strategy within the Division.
• Overall responsibility for the daily operational management of the ANPs. The post holder will look at developing new and different ways of working in order to improve the patient pathway.
• Contribute to the relationship management of referring trusts, supporting partnership working with other organisations where appropriate.
• Act as a professional positive role model, promoting expert clinical practice and shaping the care delivered within the wards and day care areas within Cancer Services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• Work with the CNS leads (8a) to ensure the following tasks and responsibilities are consistently met to a high standard across.
• To provide a clear focus for nursing, giving a highly visible and authoritative presence within the units. To be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality care and ensuring that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery whatever the setting.
• To provide strategic direction and ensure the nursing service remains responsive to external pressures and changes as well as forward thinking and
• To work maintain a clinical case load
• Ensure ANPs work at an advanced practice level, providing a specialist service and level of expertise in their specialist area ensure their interventions are timely and well documented.
• To take the lead in ensuring compliance to Trust policies and procedures within the nursing teams.