Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology/Haematology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9194
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury District Hospital
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £33,706 - £47,672 per annum pro rata part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Systemic anti-cancer therapy Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
The Systemic Anti Cancer Treatment (SACT) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will form part of the Oncology multi-professional team whose aim is to deliver and co-ordinate expert holistic care and advice for patients with a solid cancer diagnosis being treated with SACT, their families and carers and the wider MDT.
The post holder will undertake Nurse Led Clinics for 2-3 tumour sites working closely with medical and nursing colleagues. You will undertake pre-assessments, holistic assessments and consent patients for SACT, assess patients prior to cycles of treatment and manage patients on oral chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
The SACT CNS will be an expert practitioner within the speciality and have the ability to manage complex clinical situations therefore Oncology and SACT experience is essential with comprehensive knowledge of cancer and treatment related emergency conditions.
Prescribing and history taking and physical examination are essential to the role.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Clinical
Essential criteria
- Registered adult nurse
- Accredited SACT course
- Oncology/haematology experience as band 6 or above
- SACT administration
- Experience of Venous Access and Cannulation, central venous access devices.
- Ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence based practice
- Knowledge of cytotoxic policy
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification in oncology/haematology/acute oncology
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake
- Participating in nurse led SACT clinic
- Experience of central line insertion
- Advanced HAPI
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
- Helen Neale
- Job title
- Lead SACT Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
ext 3730
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