# Open Access Follow Up Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/open-access-follow-up-nurse/e5cef581-a2a5-487c-a54b-ee0ab368e558 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/open-access-follow-up-nurse/e5cef581-a2a5-487c-a54b-ee0ab368e558.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T14:51:49.310Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8063624 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8063624?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The OAFU (Open Access Follow Up) Nurse is responsible for delivering high-quality, compassionate, and patient-centred care to individuals following cancer treatment at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The role supports patients on stratified follow-up pathways, with a strong emphasis on health promotion, self-management, and holistic wellbeing. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, cancer CNS teams, Macmillan services, and primary care providers, the post holder will assess patients’ physical, emotional, and supportive care needs, ensuring timely signposting and referrals where appropriate. The role also involves telephone triage and remote monitoring of patients, escalation of clinical concerns, coordination of follow-up care, and maintenance of accurate patient records. The successful candidate will contribute to delivering evidence-based nursing care while promoting safe clinical practice, effective communication, and patient advocacy. They will support service development through participation in audits, quality improvement initiatives, and education of support staff and students. The post holder will also maintain professional standards in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust policies. This role is ideal for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse with an interest in cancer care and survivorship, who is committed to delivering excellent patient experience within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. ### Main duties of the job - Delivery of high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients on a stratified follow up pathway. - Telephone triage for remotely monitored patients, escalating concerns appropriately, supporting the tracking and follow-up of stratified patients, assisting with referral triage, and ensuring that investigations are ordered and completed in line with agreed protocols. - Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised patient care. - Acting as a patient advocate to ensure patient needs and preferences are respected. - Organising and prioritising workload effectively, maintaining accurate patient documentation, and ensuring nursing practice complies with Trust policies and procedures. - Effective communication with colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to maintain a positive and collaborative working environment. - Assessing the information and support needs of patients, relatives, and carers, providing health education where required, and supporting the learning and development of cancer support workers, nursing assistants, and students. - Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and evidence-based practice, developing specialist skills relevant to the service, and participating in appraisal and personal development planning. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Job Details The OAFU (Open Access Follow Up) Nurse is responsible for delivering high-quality, compassionate, and patient-centred care to individuals following cancer treatment at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The role supports patients on stratified follow-up pathways, with a strong emphasis on health promotion, self-management, and holistic wellbeing. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, cancer CNS teams, Macmillan services, and primary care providers, the post holder will assess patients’ physical, emotional, and supportive care needs, ensuring timely signposting and referrals where appropriate. The role also involves telephone triage and remote monitoring of patients, escalation of clinical concerns, coordination of follow-up care, and maintenance of accurate patient records. The successful candidate will contribute to delivering evidence-based nursing care while promoting safe clinical practice, effective communication, and patient advocacy. They will support service development through participation in audits, quality improvement initiatives, and education of support staff and students. The post holder will also maintain professional standards in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust policies. This role is ideal for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse with an interest in cancer care and survivorship, who is committed to delivering excellent patient experience within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. ## Job Description Delivery of high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients on a stratified follow up pathway. Telephone triage for remotely monitored patients, escalating concerns appropriately, supporting the tracking and follow-up of stratified patients, assisting with referral triage, and ensuring that investigations are ordered and completed in line with agreed protocols. Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised patient care. Acting as a patient advocate to ensure patient needs and preferences are respected. Organising and prioritising workload effectively, maintaining accurate patient documentation, and ensuring nursing practice complies with Trust policies and procedures. Effective communication with colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to maintain a positive and collaborative working environment. Assessing the information and support needs of patients, relatives, and carers, providing health education where required, and supporting the learning and development of cancer support workers, nursing assistants, and students. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and evidence-based practice, developing specialist skills relevant to the service, and participating in appraisal and personal development planning. ## Responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of speciality ### Education/ qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse **Desirable** - 6 months experience in healthcare ### Skills/knowledge/ abilities **Essential** - Teaching skills - Competency in medication - Skills required to undertake clinical activity related to speciality - Knowledge of speciality ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 393.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354145) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional request form (doc, 901.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354146) ## 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.