Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory cancer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 15 hours per week (Part time. 15 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR442-1025
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Llantrisant
- Salary
- £39,263 - £47,280 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.
Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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Job overview
Do you have experience with lung cancer or mesothelioma patients? Are you passionate about providing excellent care to this group of patients?
Would you like to be part of a National charity that provides support to mesothelioma patients and provide personalised care to our patients locally?
This new clinical nurse specialist role is an exciting opportunity to deliver a co-ordinated, comprehensive and holistic service for patients with a Mesothelioma cancer diagnosis, within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). The post holder will also provide advice, guidance and support to patients with a Mesothelioma cancer diagnosis across Wales virtually and work closely with the National Mesothelioma Multi-Professional Team and Mesothelioma UK to support patients across Wales and develop services.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of this roles is to provide specialist care for patients with Mesothelioma Cancer across Wales. Acting as the Keyworker for Mesothelioma patients within CTMUHB.
The postholder will undertake an holistic needs assessment with the individual to identify their specific needs. Resulting in the provision of support, information, education and counselling for patients, their families and carers, to ensure they understand all elements of their cancer journey, in a format which suites their needs.
The postholder will regularly deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, imparting difficult news and supporting terminally ill patients and their families.
They will act as a clinical resource for patients across Wales, within their own Health Board and for Health Boards across Wales. They will be a member of local multi-disciplinary team (MDT)/specialist mesothelioma multi-disciplinary team.
They provide clinical expertise to the Mesothelioma UK Support Line* discussing complex information with patients, carers, HCP’s, and others on a range of matters.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Person specification
Qualification and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by postgraduate Diploma level specialist training, experience, and/or short courses
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards.
- Non-Medical Prescriber qualification, or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above, in cancer, palliative care or the speciality.
- Experience of multi-professional working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit and research
Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Flexible attitude to working
Desirable criteria
- Welsh language skills at speaking/listening at Level 3 or above
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Casey
- Job title
- Macmillan lead nurse for cancer services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07393 797126
- Additional information
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