Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology - Cancer
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8730MF-B
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 Per Annum Inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Macmillan Acute Oncology Senior CNS
Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking for an innovative clinical leader with significant experience in Acute Oncology Nursing to support the ongoing development of our services. You will work alongside our Consultant Oncologists and Cancer CNSs to develop an environment that provides safe and responsive care . You will inspire, support and develop the team with shared values putting the patients at the centre of care delivery and service transformation.
London Northwest University is committed to transforming Cancer Services. With the launch of our updated Cancer Strategy, we are developing our services across the pathways including developing roles that encompass extended practice supported by appropriate education. We are ambitious to develop a new cancer assessment service to improve patient experience of emergency presentation.
Please email ([email protected]) to arrange an informal visit or discussion about the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake triage of the patient after referral from medical colleagues across the Trust. You will advise and support clinical colleagues on the investigation, care, and management of this group of patients affording access to faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral to other specialist teams as appropriate including oncology and palliative care).
The post holder will lead the AOS CNS team and provide line management and team leadership.
The post holder will collate and present service data at local and national meetings. They will be responsible for the establishing, delivering and leading a comprehensive AOS within the Trust in line with the National Cancer Peer Review Programme (2011).
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
If this sounds like the job for you, please get in contact for further information and informal discussion and / or visit .
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse at degree level
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Master’s level qualification in non-medical prescribing & Advanced assessment skills or willing to work towards
- Recognised post registration qualification in cancer nursing
- Advanced communication skills training
Desirable criteria
- • Masters in advanced practice or working towards
- Non Medical prescribing qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience as Cancer CNS role at Band 7 or above in Acute Oncology setting .
- • Staff / team management
- • Experience of Writing Operational Policies / Protocols and Guidelines to support service development initiatives.
- • Knowledge of Cancer Care pathways
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philippa Davies
- Job title
- Senior Nurse Cancer Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811710210
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