Oncology Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting 12-month fixed-term opportunity for an Oncology Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. The role involves providing expert, coordinated, and holistic support to adult patients with lung cancer from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. The specialist will manage a caseload, provide specialist nursing advice, and offer leadership within the oncology team to ensure high-quality patient care.
Essential criteria
- Relevant recent experience in lung cancer/ oncology services
- Multi-professional working
- Analytical and assessment skills
- Demonstrates expertise in the management oncology/ lung cancer services
- Demonstrate experience in leadership and independent decision making
- Management of a team
- Proven interest in working within lung cancer/ oncology services
- 3 years post registration
- Qualification and professional training
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Recognised oncology/lung cancer qualification
- Degree or equivalent level qualification
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Leadership/ mentoring course
- Advanced communication qualification level 2
Desirable criteria
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Non-medical prescribing
- Skills and abilities
- Provide specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives in relation to conditions
- IT and word processing skills
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
- Able to present information to professional groups.
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to perform in stressful and complex situation
- Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
- Flexible
- Trust values
- Effective open communication
- EXcellence and safety in everything we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
- experience and knowledge
- Relevant recent experience in lung cancer/ oncology services
- Multi-professional working
- Analytical and assessment skills
- Demonstrates expertise in the management oncology/ lung cancer services
- Demonstrate experience in leadership and independent decision making
- Management of a team
- Proven interest in working within lung cancer/ oncology services
- 3 years post registration
- Qualification and professional training
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Recognised oncology/lung cancer qualification
- Degree or equivalent level qualification
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Leadership/ mentoring course
- Advanced communication qualification level 2
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Non-medical prescribing
- Skills and abilities
- Provide specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives in relation to conditions
- IT and word processing skills
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
- Able to present information to professional groups.
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to perform in stressful and complex situation
- Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
- Flexible
- Trust values
- Effective open communication
- EXcellence and safety in everything we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Oncology Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
37.5 hours per week (working over 5 days per week)
Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment will be considered)
Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Closing Date: Thursday 10th September 2026
Interview Date: TBC
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- As the CNS for Oncology Lung Cancer, you will be responsible in the provision of expert, coordinated and holistic support for adults from diagnosis, treatment and living beyond cancer.
Main duties of the job
- The clinical nurse specialist will be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing optimum quality care to oncology lung patients throughout
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