Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Post holder will be expected to work these hours over 4 days
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6982503
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Uro-Oncology Specialist Support Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for an Uro-Oncology Specialist Support Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
If you have experience in either chemotherapy or urology we would love to hear from you. An informal discussion is strongly recommended prior to applying.
Our aim is to deliver personalised care to cancer patients ensuring their care needs are assessed and appropriate support given.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To support the CNS in developing and managing the relevant cancer nursing service, providing specialist advice and support patients, their families and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To work as part of the current oncology and palliative care services within the Trust.
To ensure a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating personalised care, towards meeting the varying needs of patients and their carers throughout their treatments and disease process.
Assist in education and training of other health care professionals.
To be responsible for the management of a caseload within a defined client group.
To assist in undertaking research and clinical audit.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse
- Relevant experience in surgery
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching or mentoring qualification
- Post registration qualification in specialty or willingness to complete
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Research module
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable expert nursing skills
- Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
- Able to accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
- Understanding and knowledge of specialist field
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management. Effective interpersonal skills
- Assertiveness/perceptive
Desirable criteria
- Counselling skills
- Leadership skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heather Storey or Gina Creasey
- Job title
- Uro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please contact Heather or Gina on [email protected] [email protected] to discuss the role
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