Senior Nurse - Practice Development (Cancer Care)
NHS Lanarkshire
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The Role
The post holder will lead a range of dynamic interventions across a range of teams, identifying practice development opportunities which support the delivery of reliable person centred care through the utilisation of one or more of the following across the NMAHP community of NHS Lanarkshire :
1. Practice development strategies
2. Professional advisory and internal consultancy services
3. Project and people management
4. Development, training and education
5. Development, compliance or review of policies, procedures and guidelines.
The post holder will be charged with driving forward care improvement through the development of frontline clinical leadership and practice, responsibility and accountability informed by improvement science methodology and sustained implementation of evidence based practice.
The post holder will have responsibility for delivering an agreed set of annual objectives. This will involve working across the NMAHP community (from the most junior to the most senior); respecting and challenging professional boundaries; and working collaboratively and in partnership with patients, public, other service providers, education providers and regulatory and national policy leads.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- A Registered Practitioner on either the NMC or HCPC register
- At least 5 years post registration experience in a healthcare setting, with at least 3 years in a clinical or educational leadership position (Band 7 or above)
- Educated to Masters Level
- Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education or equivalent qualification
- Able to provide evidence of clinical leadership through involvement in practice development processes
- Contemporary knowledge of leadership, professional issues and development requirements of the NMAHP workforce
- Excellent team worker
- Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge /skills/competencies
Through clinical and academic achievements and experience to date the post holder is required to demonstrate a high level of competence in clinical leadership and ability to provide professional advice, consultancy, project and people management and educational delivery to a range of staff groups.
The post holder will demonstrate a high level of operational performance as a visible and professional leader demonstrating:
- Knowledge and proficiency in adult learning
- Substantial clinical leadership experience
- Self starter and motivator
- Strong team worker
- Presentation and writing/publication skills
- Development, research/quality improvement and facilitation skills
- Group work/multidisciplinary skills
- Knowledge of evidence based practice, critical appraisal, evaluation and research
- Practice development strategies
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
It would be great if you also have
- Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
- Recent experience of working within Cancer Care
- Experience of working at a strategic level
- Experience in research and development/practice development environment
- Experience of working closely with NHS and other national quality bodies
- Evidence of demonstrating leadership skills and the ability to facilitate these in others
- Experience of evidence-based practice audit and research
- Knowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data
- Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the Health Care Agenda and Cancer
- Ability to develop benchmarking, evaluation and clinical audit programmes for cancer nursing.
- Ability to effectively manage change in the face of resistance
- Demonstrate effective leadership, being capable of establishing direction & purpose, working with cancer nursing team and senior professional team and senior management team
- Demonstrate a high level of competence in project management, practice development, education, advanced expert practice, research & development, strategic planning and policy development
- Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence
Contract type
- Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months
- Part Time
- 15 hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Cancer Nursing within University Hospital Monklands.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Mhairi Simpson -Nurse Consultant, on Mhairi.Simpson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole McMillan,
Recruitment Administrator on Nicole.mcmillan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
The Role
The post holder will lead a range of dynamic interventions across a range of teams, identifying practice development opportunities which support the delivery of reliable person centred care through the utilisation of one or more of the following across the NMAHP community of NHS Lanarkshire :
1. Practice development strategies
2. Professional advisory and internal consultancy services
3. Project and people management
4. Development, training and education
5. Development, compliance or review of policies, procedures and guidelines.
The post holder will be charged with driving forward care improvement through the development of frontline clinical leadership and practice, responsibility and accountability informed by improvement science methodology and sustained implementation of evidence based practice.
The post holder will have responsibility for delivering an agreed set of annual objectives. This will involve working across the NMAHP community (from the most junior to the most senior); respecting and challenging professional boundaries; and working collaboratively and in partnership with patients, public, other service providers, education providers and regulatory and national policy leads.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- A Registered Practitioner on either the NMC or HCPC register
- At least 5 years post registration experience in a healthcare setting, with at least 3 years in a clinical or educational leadership position (Band 7 or above)
- Educated to Masters Level
- Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education or equivalent qualification
- Able to provide evidence of clinical leadership through involvement in practice development processes
- Contemporary knowledge of leadership, professional issues and development requirements of the NMAHP workforce
- Excellent team worker
- Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge /skills/competencies
Through clinical and academic achievements and experience to date the post holder is required to demonstrate a high level of competence in clinical leadership and ability to provide professional advice, consultancy, project and people management and educational delivery to a range of staff groups.
The post holder will demonstrate a high level of operational performance as a visible and professional leader demonstrating:
- Knowledge and proficiency in adult learning
- Substantial clinical leadership experience
- Self starter and motivator
- Strong team worker
- Presentation and writing/publication skills
- Development, research/quality improvement and facilitation skills
- Group work/multidisciplinary skills
- Knowledge of evidence based practice, critical appraisal, evaluation and research
- Practice development strategies
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
It would be great if you also have
- Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
- Recent experience of working within Cancer Care
- Experience of working at a strategic level
- Experience in research and development/practice development environment
- Experience of working closely with NHS and other national quality bodies
- Evidence of demonstrating leadership skills and the ability to facilitate these in others
- Experience of evidence-based practice audit and research
- Knowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data
- Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the Health Care Agenda and Cancer
- Ability to develop benchmarking, evaluation and clinical audit programmes for cancer nursing.
- Ability to effectively manage change in the face of resistance
- Demonstrate effective leadership, being capable of establishing direction & purpose, working with cancer nursing team and senior professional team and senior management team
- Demonstrate a high level of competence in project management, practice development, education, advanced expert practice, research & development, strategic planning and policy development
- Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence
Contract type
- Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months
- Part Time
- 15 hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Cancer Nursing within University Hospital Monklands.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Mhairi Simpson -Nurse Consultant, on Mhairi.Simpson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole McMillan,
Recruitment Administrator on Nicole.mcmillan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Right to Work within the UK
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.