Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and compassionate nurse with a passion for cancer care to join our dedicated Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team.

We are seeking a motivated Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide expert, holistic, and patient-centred care to individuals diagnosed with or undergoing investigation for lung cancer or mesothelioma. This role is central to delivering the high standards of care that underpin our values and support the overall success of our Trust.

As a key member of the wider lung cancer multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will act as a specialist resource, co-ordinating and facilitating care from referral through diagnosis, treatment, and beyond. You will be instrumental in supporting patients and their families through what can be a challenging time, ensuring continuity, clarity, and compassion at every step.

Although this is the cross site role and there is expectation to work across all sites, however the main base will be Basingstoke.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the lung cancer patient journey is coordinated, evidence-based, and centred around the individual needs and choices of patients.
• Provide personalised verbal and written information, support, and advice from the point of referral and throughout pre-diagnosis investigations.
• Support patients and families with sensitive communication before and following a diagnosis of lung cancer or mesothelioma.
• Undertake and utilise Holistic Needs Assessments to guide supportive interventions and referrals.
• Advocate for patients when necessary, ensuring their voices are heard across all levels of their care.
• Assist patients during the decision-making process regarding treatment options, ensuring they are informed and supported.
• Track patient progress throughout the cancer pathway, liaising effectively across services and professionals to ensure seamless care.

If you are someone who thrives on making a meaningful difference to patients and is ready to contribute to a high-performing, supportive, and innovative team, we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing patients, visitors and staff with high quality services in a safe environment.  Patient care is at the heart of what we do.  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We provide some specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. 

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides one service from multiple locations including our own three hospitals.  Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH) and Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) both provide a full range of planned and emergency services including accident and emergency, general and specialist surgery, general medicine, intensive care, rehabilitation, chemotherapy, diagnostic services, maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, paediatric care and outpatient clinics. Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) provides community and hospital services including a minor injuries unit, outpatient clinics, diagnostic imaging, day surgery, rehabilitation and maternity services