Clinical Nurse Specialist - Haemato-oncology
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Haemato-Oncology Nurse Specialist providing specialised care and support to patients with haematological malignancies. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, provide patient education, and develop advanced clinical expertise to assess, diagnose, and implement evidence-based interventions. The role involves managing a caseload, participating in nurse-led clinics, and undertaking procedures like bone marrow biopsies. You will also offer expert advice to patients, families, and the wider team, focusing on improving patient care and service development.
Essential criteria
- Active, current registration as an Adult Nurse on the NMC register
- Educated to at least BSc level
- Post-registration module / course in SACT, Oncology or HaematoOncology
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication course
- Chemotherapy course
- Mentorship / practice assessor course
- Certificate in non-medical prescribing
- Previous Experience
- Caring for haematology / haemato-oncology patients in acute setting and ability to demonstrate expert skills
- Collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Participation in nurse-led clinics
- Experience of having difficult conversations with patients and carers
- Experience of supervising / teaching other staff
- Experience of service improvement
- Experience of leadership / managing a team
- Bone marrow biopsy or willingness to undertake training
- Patient assessment
- Triage skills
- Patient education around their condition and self-administration of medications
- Managing own case-load independently
- Responding appropriately to patients' concerns in the community and escalating appropriately
- Qualifications / Training
- Active, current registration as an Adult Nurse on the NMC register
- Educated to at least BSc level
- Post-registration module / course in SACT, Oncology or HaematoOncology
- Advanced communication course
- Chemotherapy course
- Mentorship / practice assessor course
- Certificate in non-medical prescribing
- Previous Experience
- Caring for haematology / haemato-oncology patients in acute setting and ability to demonstrate expert skills
- Collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Participation in nurse-led clinics
- Experience of having difficult conversations with patients and carers
- Experience of supervising / teaching other staff
- Experience of service improvement
- Experience of leadership / managing a team
- Bone marrow biopsy or willingness to undertake training
- Patient assessment
- Triage skills
- Patient education around their condition and self-administration of medications
- Managing own case-load independently
- Responding appropriately to patients' concerns in the community and escalating appropriately
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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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Haemato-oncology
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Haemato-Oncology Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist is a highly skilled nursing professional who is responsible for providing specialised care and support to patients with haematological malignancies.
This role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care, patient education, and developing advanced clinical expertise to assess, diagnose, and implement evidence-based interventions tailored to individual patient's needs.
You will work alongside the other haematology nurses, developing new and appropriate skills to provide excellent care to an ever-increasing case load. There will be many opportunities in this role to develop new skills, including undertaking bone marrow biopsies and running nurse-led clinics.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
As a Haematology-Oncology Nurse Specialist, you will engage in a variety of critical tasks focused on patient care
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