Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse

Contact information

If you have any queries on the role. Please reach out to.

Haley Shaw - ***email_hidden***

Jade James - View email address on unitedkingdom.jobradars.com

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About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a keen interest in lung cancer to support the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across the lung cancer pathway. The role will focus on providing expert nursing care and support to patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer throughout their treatment pathway. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will coordinate care, provide clinical advice and symptom management, support patients and families, and help ensure timely, high-quality, patient-centred care. The role also includes contributing to service development, education, and quality improvement initiatives.

We currently have both full-time and part-time opportunities available

• Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
• Part-time - 22.5 hours per week

Please indicate your preferred working pattern within you application

Main duties

• Manage a specialist patient caseload, delivering an effective, patient-centred service that is responsive to the needs of both service users and providers.
• Undertake specialist nursing assessments, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised patient care
• Provide expert clinical advice, symptom management, and ongoing support for patients and families
• Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team, supporting timely diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
• Act as key worker, ensuring effective communication between patients, carers, and healthcare professionals
• Provide education, information, and support to empower patients to self-manage their care, and promote relevant health education and health promotion programmes across the service.
• Act as patient advocate, ensuring high standards of care and supporting informed decision-making
• Participate in Trust-wide working, including cross-site cover when required
• Ensure the efficient and cost-effective use of resources, with robust governance and management arrangements in place.
• Work within national policy frameworks relevant to the service and trust local guidance.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and implementation of service changes

Essential person specification requirements

Qualifications -

• Registered Nurse qualification with active NMC registration
• Degree or equivalent level of education or experience
• Evidence of current CPD

Experience -

• Broad range of post registration experience and the ability to translate learning into practice
• Lead, influence and motivate others
• Demonstrate innovation in practice
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships

Skills and Abilities -

• Able to manage own caseload and work without supervision
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• IT skills
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Ability to communicate with a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance

We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

Skilled worker sponsorship

You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site .