Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Breast Care Nurse
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (Covering maternity leave period until 27/09/27)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 176-Mat-8248855
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Breast Care Nurse - Peterborough
Band 7
Job overview
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Senior Breast Care Nurse to provide clinical leadership and specialist expertise within our Breast Services team. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months to provide maternity leave cover.
The successful candidate will be an experienced senior nurse with a strong clinical background and a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within women's health services. They will play a key role in supporting patients throughout their breast care pathway, providing expert clinical advice, leadership, and guidance to both patients and colleagues.
Applicants should demonstrate:
- Current NMC registration and substantial post-registration experience.
- Experience working in a senior nursing role.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
- A commitment to delivering compassionate, high-quality patient care.
- A strong interest in breast care and women's health services.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team and make a meaningful difference to the experience and outcomes of patients accessing Breast Services.
*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*
Main duties of the job
The Senior Breast Care Nurse will act as a clinical expert within Breast Services, providing specialist nursing leadership and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across the breast cancer and screening pathways.
The post holder will:
- Provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing expertise within Breast Services, ensuring the effective delivery and ongoing development of clinical nursing pathways.
- Support the delivery of breast cancer and screening services by providing professional leadership, clinical advice, and expert guidance to patients, carers, and multidisciplinary team members.
- Ensure patient care is delivered in accordance with Trust policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), national guidance, and best practice standards.
- Provide specialist education, support, and advice to patients throughout their care journey, promoting informed decision-making and a positive patient experience.
- Undertake specialist clinical nursing activity within the Breast Service, maintaining high standards of care and professional practice.
- Lead, support, and develop the clinical nursing workforce, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care.
- Be responsible for the day-to-day line management of the Breast Care Nursing Team and supporting staff, including performance management, appraisal, training, and professional development.
Working for our organisation
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree level qualification in nursing or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of Post registration recent professional development specific to women’s health and/or healthcare leadership
- Teaching/Mentoring Qualification
- Managerial & leadership experience
Desirable criteria
- Counselling Course
- Breast Care Module
- Advanced Communication Module
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant clinical experience working at a senior level within Women’s Health Services or Oncology for 2 years
Desirable criteria
- Developing new services/ways of working
- Experience in policy development, quality improvement, budget management and audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kaylie Harvey
- Job title
- Service Manager & Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01733 673047
- Additional information
Can also be contacted via MS teams
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