Job overview

The Lung Cancer Screening Support Nurse plays a key role in delivering a high-quality, patient-centred lung cancer screening service. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post-holder supports the coordination, and follow-up of individuals referred for lung health checks and low-dose CT screening.

Main duties of the job

The nurse provides expert guidance, health education, and holistic support to patients throughout the screening pathway, ensuring they fully understand the purpose of screening, potential outcomes, and next steps.

The role requires excellent communication, compassion, and organisational skills, with a strong focus on early detection, reducing health inequalities, and promoting positive health behaviours. The Lung Cancer Screening Support Nurse contributes to service development, maintains accurate documentation, and upholds clinical quality and safety standards to improve outcomes for people at risk of lung cancer.

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.