Breast Cancer Support nurse
| Posting date: | 15 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9418-26-0275 |
Summary
Maintain a visible and professional presence with staff and patients, contributing directly to highquality patient care. Develop nursing skills, competence, and advanced practice within your area of responsibility. Act as a professional role model and provide effective, facilitative clinical leadership. Take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care programmes for patients with breast cancer, in line with evidencebased practice. Continue to develop your knowledge and competence in breast cancer care, demonstrating an evidencebased approach. Attend and participate as a core member of the Breast MDT meeting in accordance with national guidance. Manage your own workload across a wide range of specialist activities, including planning throughout the patient pathway and liaising directly with other healthcare professionals and agencies. Support the overall patient experience by coordinating medical and nursing care, and escalating concerns to the consultant when required. Provide psychological and emotional support, advice, counselling, information, and education to breast cancer patients, their partners, and families throughout diagnosis, treatment, and followup. Use the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment tool to identify individual patient support needs before treatment, at the end of treatment, and develop care plans to address their concerns. Please refer to the attached JD file.