Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist - Skin Cancer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
This Band 6 Macmillan Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist role in Skin Cancer involves providing high-quality, person-centred care to patients from diagnosis through treatment, follow-up, and palliative care. The post holder will manage a defined caseload under the supervision of a Band 7 CNS, ensuring holistic and personalised care. Key duties include comprehensive assessments, running nurse-led clinics, supporting patients through treatments, and acting as a patient advocate. The role also involves close liaison with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to MDT meetings, and participating in audit, research, and service development.
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Able to manage a case load
Desirable criteria
- Experience in audits/data base updates
- Service improvement experience
- Advance decision-making skills
- Qualifications & Training
- Level 1 registered nurse (Adult) on NMC register
- Degree Nursing
- Mentorship
- Evidence of on-going professional development: course/conference/publication etc
- Cancer/ specialist Course or working towards
- Evidence of cancer care experience
- Relevant demonstrable experience as band 6 or above in related speciality
- Leadership and management experience
- Ability to teach patients or carers with different levels of understand
- Ability to assess and manage complex wounds
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Experience in service development
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and it's role across the UK
- Experience delivering a nurse led service
- Knowledge and understanding of local and national guidelines
- Knowledge on cancer
- Knowledge of research/data collection/projects
- Knowledge on patient pathways
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
- Other
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Motivated and demonstrates and enthusiasm for speciality
- Creative/lateral thinker
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Able to manage a case load
- Experience in audits/data base updates
- Service improvement experience
- Advance decision-making skills
- Qualifications & Training
- Level 1 registered nurse (Adult) on NMC register
- Degree Nursing
- Mentorship
- Evidence of on-going professional development: course/conference/publication etc
- Cancer/ specialist Course or working towards
- Evidence of cancer care experience
- Relevant demonstrable experience as band 6 or above in related speciality
- Leadership and management experience
- Ability to teach patients or carers with different levels of understand
- Ability to assess and manage complex wounds
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Experience in service development
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and it's role across the UK
- Experience delivering a nurse led service
- Knowledge and understanding of local and national guidelines
- Knowledge on cancer
- Knowledge of research/data collection/projects
- Knowledge on patient pathways
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
- Other
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Motivated and demonstrates and enthusiasm for speciality
- Creative/lateral thinker
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 2d
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Job summary
Following a recent promotion we are seeking a motivated and compassionate Macmillan Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist in Skin Cancer to join the Cancer Directorate across St George's University Hospital trust. This Band 6 role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced registered nurse to develop specialist expertise in melanoma and skin cancer care while working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. The post holder will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients from diagnosis through treatment, follow-up and, where appropriate, palliative and end-of-life care. Acting as an Associate Key Worker under the supervision of the Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists, the role combines autonomous clinical practice with education, service development and leadership, in line with Macmillan values and the Trust's commitment to excellence, kindness, responsibility and respect.
Main duties of the job
The Macmillan Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist provides specialist, high-quality nursing care to patients with melanoma and other skin cancers from diagnosis through treatment, follow-up and, where appropriate, palliative care. Working autonomously and as a core member of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder manages a defined caseload under the supervision of the Band 7 CNS, ensuring patients and their families receive ho
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