# Neuro-oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neuro-oncology-clinical-nurse-specialist/69a43b58-a1fc-4db4-b992-7f8882933697 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neuro-oncology-clinical-nurse-specialist/69a43b58-a1fc-4db4-b992-7f8882933697.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** King's College Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum including HCA - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term End Date 1st January 2028) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Five days a week Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T08:01:13.873Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Kings_College_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neurooncology/Neurooncology-v8341520 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341520?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Kings’ College Hospital Neuro-oncology service covers a catchment of 4.1 million people from South Eats London and Kent. The service treats patients throughout their diagnosis from presentation to surgery, ongoing oncology treatment and recurrence. We treat both primary and metastatic brain tumours. The role involves seeing the patients in the pre-assessment clinic with a member of the neurosurgical team, supporting them throughout their surgical pathway and or their oncology pathway. Communication is key for this patient group to ensure seamless care and the post holder will need to have excellent communication skills. It is a diverse and interesting role, working closely within the neuro-oncology multi-disciplinary team. You will be joining a well established and supportive neuro-oncology CNS team. A background in AOS, oncology or neurosurgery is desirable. Please do get in touch to arrange an informal visit or to ask any questions and find out more. Our contact number is 07929854244 or email Vicky Hurwitz Nurse consultant on Victoria.hurwitz@nhs.net. ### Main duties of the job - To assist in the delivery of an advanced specialist nursing service for people with neuro-oncology needs - To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment - To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This can include: Managing a patient caseload Ordering diagnostic tests Making and receiving referrals Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols Facilitating outpatient clinics Delivering the nurse-led results clinic Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic - Managing a patient caseload - Ordering diagnostic tests - Making and receiving referrals - Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols - Facilitating outpatient clinics - Delivering the nurse-led results clinic - Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic - To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records - To be actively involved in in-patient care, liaising with ward staff to ensure high-quality nursing care ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities: - To assist in the delivery of an advanced specialist nursing service for people with specialist needs To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This can include: Managing a patient caseload Ordering diagnostic tests Making and receiving referrals Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols Facilitating outpatient clinics Delivering the nurse-led results clinic Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records To be actively involved in in-patient care, liaising with ward staff to ensure high quality nursing care To attend out-patients, ensuring nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment To attend and present patient’s histories at the weekly MDT meetings ensuring all patients are represented To feedback the MDT outcomes to the referrers with the MDT co-ordinator To deliver a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication To participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service To participate in the annual review process of operational policies in accordance with national standards To attend the quarterly service improvement meetings, participating where appropriate To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols. To work with key staff members to maintain nurse led pre-assessment/assessment and out patient follow-up services. Providing detailed baseline patient assessment and education and support to patients and their families To regularly review those clinical notes of patients requiring imminent admission, ensuring all assessments, diagnostic investigation and test results are up-to-date and in place to ensure a smooth admission process To liaise with the discharge coordinator and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients To maintain a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements. To participate in the development of appropriate patient group directives to facilitate/enhance the discharge process To participate in relevant fora at Care Group, Trust or PCG/PCT Level to represent the service perspective - To assist in the delivery of an advanced specialist nursing service for people with specialist needs - To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment - To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This can include: Managing a patient caseload Ordering diagnostic tests Making and receiving referrals Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols Facilitating outpatient clinics Delivering the nurse-led results clinic Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic - Managing a patient caseload Ordering diagnostic tests Making and receiving referrals Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols Facilitating outpatient clinics Delivering the nurse-led results clinic Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic - Managing a patient caseload - Ordering diagnostic tests - Making and receiving referrals - Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols - Facilitating outpatient clinics - Delivering the nurse-led results clinic - Participating in the delivery of the radiotherapy telephone follow up clinic - To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records - To be actively involved in in-patient care, liaising with ward staff to ensure high quality nursing care - To attend out-patients, ensuring nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients - To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment - To attend and present patient’s histories at the weekly MDT meetings ensuring all patients are represented - To feedback the MDT outcomes to the referrers with the MDT co-ordinator - To deliver a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication - To participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service - To participate in the annual review process of operational policies in accordance with national standards - To attend the quarterly service improvement meetings, participating where appropriate - To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols. - To work with key staff members to maintain nurse led pre-assessment/assessment and out patient follow-up services. Providing detailed baseline patient assessment and education and support to patients and their families - To regularly review those clinical notes of patients requiring imminent admission, ensuring all assessments, diagnostic investigation and test results are up-to-date and in place to ensure a smooth admission process - To liaise with the discharge coordinator and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients - To maintain a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists - To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation - To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional - To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements. - To participate in the development of appropriate patient group directives to facilitate/enhance the discharge process - To participate in relevant fora at Care Group, Trust or PCG/PCT Level to represent the service perspective Education, training and development: - To ensure all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures / treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent To produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards To supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of clients, carers and other involved in their care To work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated To contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team. Additionally, where appropriate, to act as a practice supervisor to Trust and honorary contract employees. To actively participate in educational events provided by the Trust and primary care sector. To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fully conversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the specialist services locally and nationally. - To ensure all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures / treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent - To produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards - To supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of clients, carers and other involved in their care - To work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated - To contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team. Additionally, where appropriate, to act as a practice supervisor to Trust and honorary contract employees. - To actively participate in educational events provided by the Trust and primary care sector. - To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fully conversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the specialist services locally and nationally. Research and Development: - To promote and facilitate evidence based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans. To participate in and assist with any appropriate/relevant Trust approved research projects conducted within the department. To promote nursing research and evidenced based practice relevant to the speciality - To promote and facilitate evidence based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans. - To participate in and assist with any appropriate/relevant Trust approved research projects conducted within the department. - To promote nursing research and evidenced based practice relevant to the speciality ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Level 1 or Level 15 Registered Nurse - Degree (BSc) or equivalent in a health related subject **Desirable** - Advanced clinical assessment skills or willingness to develop these ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Relevant, demonstrable experience in Neuro-oncology - To have proven experience of service development - Experience of running research and audit programmes ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665724) - [denmark hill site map (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=606) - [visa and sponsorship information (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2817) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.