# Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: working week Monday to Friday
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21T12:40:36.532Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Lung_Cancer_Nursing/Lung_Cancer_Nursing-v8357808
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8357808?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to lead the Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. You will provide expert specialist nursing care and leadership for patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer, ensuring high-quality, personalised care throughout the patient pathway.

Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will act as a clinical expert, key worker and patient advocate while supporting service development, quality improvement, education and research. This role offers an excellent opportunity to shape and develop lung cancer services while leading a dedicated specialist nursing team

### Main duties of the job

- Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Lung Cancer CNS Team.
- Deliver expert care, support and advice for patients with suspected or confirmed lung cancer.
- Coordinate patient care across the cancer pathway, ensuring timely access to treatment and support services.
- Act as a key worker and advocate for patients and their families.
- Lead holistic needs assessments, personalised care planning and supportive care interventions.
- Work collaboratively with the Lung Cancer MDT and wider healthcare teams to deliver seamless patient care.
- Line manage, support and develop the specialist nursing team.
- Lead service improvement, audit, governance and education initiatives.
- Contribute to the strategic development of lung cancer services and the achievement of national cancer standards

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Gemma Brooksbank on gemma.brooksbank@nhs.net

### 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**

- Awareness of the impact that cancer has on patients and their family/carers
- Knowledge of current national cancer strategy and how it impacts upon local service provisiond personalised care

**Desirable**

- Knowledge regarding the diagnosis and treatment pathways for lung cancers

### Experience

**Essential**

- Relevent post registration experience at band 5 or above in oncology or related speciality
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of service development and quality improvement
- Evidence of good communication skills

**Desirable**

- Experience of audit and research
- Leadership and management experience
- Experience of patient involvement/ feedback initiatives
- Experience of teaching

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- First level degree in related subject or willing to undertake a Degree Pathway
- Evidence of continued professional development in cancer related subject
- Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards
- Advanced Communications Skills Training or prepared to work towards

## Documents

- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10684004)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 136.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10684005)

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