Lead Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 23 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 April 2026 |
| Location: | Great Yarmouth, NR31 6LA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9177-26-0124 |
Summary
Lead the ongoing development, coordination and evaluation of the Breast Nursing Service in partnership with Consultant Breast Surgeons and Surgical Matron Ensure clinical pathways reflect best practice, national guidelines and Trust policies. Lead on nurseled initiatives to enhance patient experience, pathway efficiency and service outcomes. Contribute actively to MDT and SMDT meetings, ensuring timely progression of patients through diagnostic and treatment pathways. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of national and local nursing strategies, including Compassion in Practice and the 6Cs, and embed these principles into daily practice. Ensure the delivery of safe, evidencebased and measurable care aligned with clinical quality indicators, patient experience standards and cancer performance targets. Use visual performance tools, audit findings and patient feedback to monitor service effectiveness and promote shared learning. Lead reviews of systems and processes, implementing changes to improve patient flow, reduce variation and minimise delays in care. Oversee compliance with NMC (2020) professional standards, Trust documentation requirements, safeguarding responsibilities and riskmanagement processes. Deliver expert, holistic breast oncology nursing care, ensuring timely assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and supportive care. Provide specialist nursing interventions within nurseled clinics, diagnostics, survivorship, and palliative care pathways. Ensure accurate assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care, with highquality record keeping. Support shared decision-making and empower patients and their carers to actively participate in their care. Foster strong working relationships across surgical, oncology, radiology, pathology and community teams. Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and carers, adapting communication styles to overcome barriers and ensure clarity. Act as a role model for excellence in handling concerns, compliments and complaints, ensuring early resolution and learning Lead annual appraisals, personal development planning and competency development for nursing staff within the Breast Service. Promote a learning environment that supports mentorship, clinical supervision and career progression for all staff and students. Use research and evidencebased practice to inform service development and clinical decisionmaking. Ensure staff complete mandatory and rolespecific training, including safeguarding, infection control and manual handling. Ensure efficient and safe use of equipment, facilities, and consumables, demonstrating sound financial and resource management. Oversee safe environment standards, including infection prevention, health and safety, and incident reporting requirements. Contribute to recruitment, selection and retention of the breast care nursing workforce. Manage staff sickness, absence and performance in accordance with Trust policies. Ensure compliance with Trust Health & Safety policies, risk assessments, incident reporting and implementation of corrective actions. Maintain safe systems of work for moving and handling, updating risk assessments and ensuring staff competence. Ensure uptake of mandatory training related to health & safety, safeguarding and infection prevention.