Clinical Nurse Specialist for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7446207/259-7446207SBH |
Summary
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma.
1 WTE. Divided between the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role (22.5 hours/week) and the mesothelioma clinical nurse specialist role (15 hours/week).(2 years fixed term with anticipation that recurrent funding will be secured on an ongoing basis.)
The post-holder will work as a CNS covering both lung cancer and Mesothelioma, delivering an expert, specialist service to patients and families across Barts Health. The role requires the post holder to work flexibly between lung cancer patients and mesothelioma patients. The post holder will actively manage patient caseload; provide support and assessment to patients; initiate actions required; liaise with the medical team, allied health professionals and community team. You will be required to participate in education, research, audit, quality improvement projects and professional activities relating to lung cancer and Mesothelioma.
As a cancer nurse specialist working in an over 900-year-old teaching hospital in the City of London, youwill not lack experience or excitement!
Although the hospital is located a five-minute walk from St Paul’s Cathedral, you will provide care andsupport to the most diverse population. You will be involved in the whole lung cancer or Mesothelioma pathway from diagnostic to treatment, to end of life.
Apart from meeting the standard requirement of this post, you will also have a great opportunity to initiate and implement quality improvement projects whilst gaining advanced research knowledge in one of the largest cancer centres. You will also participate in and lead on nurse led clinics and services.
This post is a rare opportunity to advance your current level of clinical practice as well as your teaching, auditing and leadership skills.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
To work as an autonomous practitioner to support the Fast Diagnostic Standard and effectively co-ordinate and deliver an expert nursing service in Lung cancer and Mesothelioma.
To manage a caseload of patients ensuring a high standard of evidence-based nursing, oncological management and discharge.
To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.
To lead the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
To establish clear lines of communication within the specialty team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients.
To play a lead role in the operational development of both in and outpatient services for lung cancer and mesothelioma patients; seek and gain opportunities to initiate and implement Quality improvement projects with the aim of improve services and patient care.
To provide expert advice and leadership to all members of the MDT on the provision of care for this patient group.
To ensure accurate documentation on patient record and support data collection for National Lung Cancer Audit and Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
To ensure cancer recovery package is delivered throughout the lung cancer and mesothelioma pathway.
To work closely with local lung CNS team as well as national Mesothelioma UK team and adhere job requirement.
To meet local and national standards as a registered nurse and banding requirement
To develop own job plan as a part of the Lung CNS team and work as an active team member. To actively participate in nurse led clinics and services
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025