Macmillan Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Tooting,London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7383024/200-7383024-GO-ND |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic nurse to join our team of Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Head and Neck cancer pathway.
• St George’s is a tertiary referral centre for Head and Neck surgery and provide surgical interventions for patients from
across the South West London.
• As a pivotal member of the team you will be passionate about the delivery of a high quality, safe and effective care to St George’s cohort of Head and Neck Cancer patients.
• You will meet patients pre-diagnosis and act as a key worker for them throughout their cancer pathway.
• To provide care for patients with suspected and newly diagnosed Head and Neck cancer patients and their families with particular emphasis on counselling and emotional support, ensuring easy access to telephone support.
• To know when to refer on to other professionals for more specialist guidance, support, advice, and counselling.
• To Support the Trust in achieving compliance with Direct to Test, Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) and Referral to Treatment waiting time targets with participation in head and Neck Telephone Assessment Clinic (TAC).
• Leading on patient and carer communication issues and co-ordination of the patient pathway for patients referred to the team.
• Provides guidance, support, advice and counselling to patients and their family / carers along the patient pathway.
• Acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for the patients dealing with the team.
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.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic nurse to join our team of Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Head and Neck cancer pathway.
• St George’s is a tertiary referral centre for Head and Neck surgery and provide surgical interventions for patients from
across the South West London.
• As a pivotal member of the team you will be passionate about the delivery of a high quality, safe and effective care to St George’s cohort of Head and Neck Cancer patients.
• You will meet patients pre-diagnosis and act as a key worker for them throughout their cancer pathway.
• To provide care for patients with suspected and newly diagnosed Head and Neck cancer patients and their families with particular emphasis on counselling and emotional support, ensuring easy access to telephone support.
• To know when to refer on to other professionals for more specialist guidance, support, advice, and counselling.
• To Support the Trust in achieving compliance with Direct to Test, Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) and Referral to Treatment waiting time targets with participation in head and Neck Telephone Assessment Clinic (TAC).
• Leading on patient and carer communication issues and co-ordination of the patient pathway for patients referred to the team.
• Provides guidance, support, advice and counselling to patients and their family / carers along the patient pathway.
• Acting as the key worker or responsible for nominating the key worker for the patients dealing with the team.
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.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
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