Job summary
- Main area
- Lung Cancer Support Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 7 months (or Fixed Term, until 31st March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 177-EMER-7401188
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospital
- Town
- Gorleston
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Lung Cancer Support Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
The James Paget University Hospitals is located directly alongside the beautiful Norfolk coastline and provides care to a population of 230,000 residents of Great Yarmouth and Waveney and we have an amazing opportunity to join the Lung Cancer Nursing team.
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Lung Cancer team. This posting is in collaboration with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Lead Clinician and Service Manager, and other members of the multi-professional Respiratory/Oncology service, to provide specialist nursing knowledge and expertise to those caring for patients with lung cancer.
You will be assisting and supporting the Lung Cancer CNS, and in collaboration with consultant medical colleagues, to develop, establish and manage a nurse-led follow-up service for patients and their carers.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
You will work with the Lung Cancer CNS and, as part/member of the MDT, to:
Provide a specialist nursing service to patients and their carers diagnosed with lung cancer.
Develop a comprehensive specialist nursing service and provide support and participate in the development and implementation of nurse led initiatives.
To act on behalf of/act as deputy in the absence of the Lung Cancer CNS.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Educated to diploma level
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship course
- Working towards degree
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience working with respiratory or oncology patients
- Ability to demonstrate detailed clinical knowledge relating to respiratory and/or oncology nursing
- Counselling skills
- Experience of nursing lung cancer patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing or directing teams
- Ability to prepare and deliver formal and informal education programmes to professional staff
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and able to plan, organise and priorities conflicting workloads
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- IT skills with the ability to undertake accurate data entry
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
- Laura Spall
- Job title
- Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 452047
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