Lung Health Screening CNS

Job overview

Lung Health check CNS

Department: Cancer Services

Band 6, £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum pro rata

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, Until 31 March 2027, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We have a great opportunity for a Band 6 Lung Cancer Screening CNS to join our Lung Cancer Screening Team at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH), working with the wider multidisciplinary team to support the expansion of the MKUH service.

We are looking for a confident and dynamic nurse with excellent, up-to-date specialist respiratory and cancer knowledge, as well as enhanced clinical skills. The successful candidate should have a key interest in lung cancer, quality improvement, and service development. 'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

Interview date: 22 September 2026

Main duties of the job

The Lung Cancer Screening CNS will work alongside the rest of the lung cancer screening team. The main element of the role is to deal with scan results under the supervision of the Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Director. This will include phoning patients whose scans are suspicious for lung cancer, as well as contacting patients regarding other incidental findings identified on their scans.

All patients who are scanned will receive a results letter. This is partly automated, but the nurse will be responsible for generating the majority of these letters, ensuring that anything mentioned by the patient during their review is addressed and that all results are explained in an appropriate manner.

This developing service is supported by a forward-thinking and supportive management team, Nurse Practitioners, administrators, and other clinical team members. There are opportunities to develop both clinical and managerial skills, as well as opportunities for further study.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NHS Staff Survey: Our Compassionate Culture and Leadership scores reflect a workplace where kindness, respect, and empathy are the norm—not the exception.

To be responsible for the unsupervised assessment of patient care needs in the Lung Heath Check service, ensuring appropriate assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, maintaining high standards of evidence-based care.

To provide expert clinical assessment for a defined group of patients, including those with complex needs ensuring they are placed through the correct MDT and clinical pathway.

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

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.