Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse with respiratory/cancer experience to join the lung cancer team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. The role involves facilitating individualised diagnostic pathways and providing specialist care and support to patients with suspected and diagnosed lung cancer. The post holder will work across multiple sites within the Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit and contribute to service development in line with national and local strategies. The team welcomes informal enquiries.
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Post-basic specialist qualification relevant to specialty
- First degree
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Masters
- Research qualification
- Recordable specialist qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Management qualification
- Skills & Knowledge
- In depth specialist knowledge
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communicator
- Leadership & motivation skills
- Evidence of audit and change management ability
- Computer literate
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Flexibility, able to travel between sites
- Demonstrates enthusiasm with recognition of own limitations
- Assertive, confident & diplomatic
- Personal and professional maturity
- Root cause analysis
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change
- ECDL
- Demonstrable Post-reg experience
- Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
- Extensive clinical experience
- Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and managing staff
- Involvement in audit
- Experience as a specialist nurse
- Participation in research
- Values & Behaviours
- Inclusivity
- Making a Difference
- People Centred
- Accountability
- Continuous Improvement
- Teamwork
- RGN
- Post-basic specialist qualification relevant to specialty
- First degree
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Masters
- Research qualification
- Recordable specialist qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Management qualification
- Skills & Knowledge
- In depth specialist knowledge
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communicator
- Leadership & motivation skills
- Evidence of audit and change management ability
- Computer literate
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Flexibility, able to travel between sites
- Demonstrates enthusiasm with recognition of own limitations
- Assertive, confident & diplomatic
- Personal and professional maturity
- Root cause analysis
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change
- ECDL
- Demonstrable Post-reg experience
- Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
- Extensive clinical experience
- Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and managing staff
- Involvement in audit
- Experience as a specialist nurse
- Participation in research
- Values & Behaviours
- Inclusivity
- Making a Difference
- People Centred
- Accountability
- Continuous Improvement
- Teamwork
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 2d ago · Closes in 11d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic nurse with respiratory/cancer experience to join the lung cancer team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
The "Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit" is a well established partnership within the University Hospital Liverpool Group. The clinical team work acrossLiverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Diagnostic Treatment Centre and the Royal Liverpool Hospital sites.
Providing and advocating a high standard of diagnostic and treatment services to its local population. This is reflected in the excellent outcomes achieved and the high level of patient satisfaction reported.
The Lung Cancer CNS role is pivotal in facilitating an individualised diagnostic pathway for each of their patients and providing the specialist care and support they require.
With a drive for innovation, as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be involved in developing the service in order to support the delivery of the National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway and local Cancer nursing strategy.
The team would welcome informal enquires prior to application / interview.
Main duties of the job
Main duties:
- Act as a key worker; delivering evidence based, personalised care through holistic assessment, care planning and evaluation of care for patients with suspected and diagnosed lung cancer, through the
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