Job summary
- Main area
- TYA CNS in Cancer care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 392-RNOH-1218
- Employer
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RNOH
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

CNS in Cancer Care for Children, Teenagers and Young Adults
NHS AfC: Band 7
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients
- Rated Good by the CQC
- Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
- Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
- Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
- Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
- In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
- Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
- Patients first, always
- Excellence, in all we do
- Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
- Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.
Job overview
This is a new and exciting role for an experienced nurse who enjoys looking after children, teenagers and young adults. The clinical nurse specialist role will deliver and coordinate expert care for those children, teenagers and young adults (up to the age of 24 years) who are referred and diagnosed with cancer. The role will act as a key worker to patients and families. They will develop education and training of other staff and students as well as managing their own case load of patients with these complex conditions that require specialist assessment and treatment.
Main duties of the job
They will liaise with other oncology and orthopaedic centres to ensure a smooth pathway for these patients.
They will co-ordinate the care between chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
They will liaise with the Community Nursing team.
They will provide support and information for patients undergoing investigations for a likely cancer diagnosis.
They will act as support for patients when in hospital having surgical procedures.
Support patients and families when coming to Outpatient appointments.
Working for our organisation
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust aims to be a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
They will liaise with other oncology and orthopaedic centres to ensure a smooth pathway for these patients.
They will co-ordinate the care between chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
They will liaise with the Community Nursing team.
They will provide support and information for patients undergoing investigations for a likely cancer diagnosis.
They will act as support for patients when in hospital having surgical procedures.
Support patients and families when coming to Outpatient appointments.
Person specification
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, Child branch or with relevant TYA experience
- Experience of working with patients receiving cancer treatments within paediatrics
- Relevant post registration qualification
Desirable criteria
- Completed Master's degree
- Advanced communication course
- Leadership qualification
Communication
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates awareness of importance of working within a MDT
- Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- Demonstrates understanding of good practice in customer care
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Reflective practice
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in speciality
- Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
Desirable criteria
- Published articles/poster presentations
Planning and organisational skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work across organisational and professional boundaries
- Able to negotiate effectively with different disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Experience in developing service strategies
IT skills
Essential criteria
- Computer literacy, to include administration systems and spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Advanced IT skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Willis
- Job title
- Team Leader, Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8909 5765
- Additional information
Mitika Nandha
m.nandha @nhs.net
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