Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing specialist nursing input to patients with Gynaecological Cancer within the Network Services Division. The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a world-class patient experience, focusing on advice, support, and symptom management. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, possess exceptional communication skills, and demonstrate strong clinical and professional leadership. Autonomy and the ability to engage with various professional groups are paramount for this position.
Essential criteria
- RGN/RN
- Evidence of Level 6 (degree level) study in Nursing/Health related subject
- Post registration qualification in oncology
- Teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Level 7 study (master's level)
- Counselling Certificate
- Palliative Care Certificate
- Gynaecological nursing qualification
- Qualification in Psycho-Sexual Medicine or Counselling
- Non-Medical Prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Experience post registration
- Experience in Oncology
- Participation in service development and implementation of change
- Nursing leadership
- Project management
- Experience of influencing change
- Gynaecological cancer experience
- Advanced communication skills or willingness to undertake
- Able to analyse data and provide written reports
- Able to work autonomously
- Able to present information to professional groups
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
- Strong organisational/prioritising skills
- Evidence of writing protocols/standards
- Evidence of effective team working across professional and organisational boundaries
- Evidence of undertaking clinical audit
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policies relating to Gynaecological speciality
- Values
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
- Other
- Demonstrates flexibility in working hours
- Demonstrates flexibility in working across the Christie sites
- Travelling to a different location over the Christie sites including Christie@Oldham and Christie@Salford
- RGN/RN
- Evidence of Level 6 (degree level) study in Nursing/Health related subject
- Post registration qualification in oncology
- Teaching and assessing
- Evidence of Level 7 study (master's level)
- Counselling Certificate
- Palliative Care Certificate
- Gynaecological nursing qualification
- Qualification in Psycho-Sexual Medicine or Counselling
- Non-Medical Prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Experience post registration
- Experience in Oncology
- Participation in service development and implementation of change
- Nursing leadership
- Project management
- Experience of influencing change
- Gynaecological cancer experience
- Advanced communication skills or willingness to undertake
- Able to analyse data and provide written reports
- Able to work autonomously
- Able to present information to professional groups
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
- Strong organisational/prioritising skills
- Evidence of writing protocols/standards
- Evidence of effective team working across professional and organisational boundaries
- Evidence of undertaking clinical audit
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policies relating to Gynaecological speciality
- Values
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
- Other
- Demonstrates flexibility in working hours
- Demonstrates flexibility in working across the Christie sites
- Travelling to a different location over the Christie sites including Christie@Oldham and Christie@Salford
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Christie NHS FT
Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
The opportunity has a risen for a motivated nurse to join the Network Services Division The post will involve offering specialist nursing input to patients with Gynaecological Cancer. Together with the established Gynaecological and multi-disciplinary team, the CNS will aim to deliver a world class patient experience. The CNS will work within the busy and dynamic Gynaecology nursing team. Many patients will be receiving treatment to control their cancer and often have supportive and palliative needs. Sign posting patients to appropriate services, providing advice, support and symptom management is a fundamental aspect of the CNS role. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and driven to improve patient care and experience. The candidate must have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. They will also have well-developed clinical and professional leadership skills to encourage and promote best outcomes for patients, their relatives and carers. The ability to work autonomously is paramount for this post together with confidence to engage and work with a range of colleagues at all levels and from all professional groups.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to collaborate with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team
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