Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Posting date: | 10 April 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 pa Incl HCAS |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 10 May 2025 |
Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
Company: | st georges nhs trust |
Job type: | Contract |
Job reference: | 7052564/200-7052564-GO-ND |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide maternity leave cover within the lung cancer specialist nursing team. The successful candidate will work as part of the multi-professional team based at St Georges NHS Trust.
The Macmillan Lung Cancer CNS will support patients who have been referred into St George's Respiratory clinics for diagnostics. They will also support people with a diagnosis of lung cancer through treatment. The Macmillan Lung Cancer CNS will be an expert in lung cancer diagnostics and treatment. The Macmillan lung Cancer CNS will also support provision of nurse-led clinics for patients who have completed their curative treatment for lung cancer.
The Lung Cancer CNS will act as a keyworker for patients with lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymoma. They will provide holistic personalised care and be an expert in their field. The Lung Cancer CNS will also be a source of expert level knowledge for colleagues providing care to lung cancer patients across the organisation. The Lung cancer CNS will be a team player, working closely with the local and wider regional multi-disciplinary teams.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
The successful postholder will be able to work independently and as part of a multi-professional MDT across organisational boundaries to provide seamless care to lung cancer patients.
See attached Job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
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