Clinical Nurse Specialist - Breast Cancer
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-25-1198 |
Summary
Clinical Practice To provide and manage an expert specialist nursing service for people with specialist needs To provide expert nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This can include: Managing a patient caseload Ordering diagnostic tests Making and receiving referrals Admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols Running clinics Prescribing medicines and treatments To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patients record and hand held records To be actively involved in inpatient care, liaising with ward staff to ensure high quality nursing care Where appropriate to lead nurse led outpatient services ensuring nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment. To co-ordinate a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication. To lead the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service. To ensure operational policies are reviewed annually in accordance with national standards To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols. To liaise with the ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients. To identify, implement and maintain a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists. To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation. To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional. To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements. To lead on the development of appropriate patient group directive to facilitate/enhance the discharge process. To participate in relevant fora at Divisional, Trust or PCG/PCT or National/International Level to represent the service perspective.