Lead Gynaecology Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Company: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
As the Lead Gynaecology Oncology CNS, you will provide expert clinical leadership across the gynaecological oncology pathway, supporting women and their families from diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond. Working as a highly visible and influential member of the multidisciplinary team, you will ensure patients receive high-quality, personalised, and compassionate care throughout their cancer journey while acting as a key source of specialist knowledge and support.
Leading a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Cancer Navigators across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing a high-performing specialist nursing service that delivers excellent patient outcomes and experiences. You will work collaboratively with consultants, cancer services, operational teams, and healthcare partners to ensure seamless patient pathways and support the delivery of national cancer standards and targets.
This role combines advanced clinical practice, leadership, service development, education, research, and quality improvement. You will play a pivotal role in driving innovation, reducing variation in care, improving patient experience, and supporting the ongoing development of gynaecological oncology services across both sites.
As a senior specialist nurse, you will have the opportunity to influence change, lead service improvement, and make a lasting difference to the lives of women and their families.
- Provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for patients with gynaecological cancers, acting as a key worker and advocate throughout the patient pathway.
- Deliver autonomous clinical practice within scope of competence, including nurse-led clinics, clinical decision-making, patient assessment, referral, and discharge planning.
- Provide highly specialist information, advice, and emotional support to patients and their families, communicating complex and sensitive information with empathy and professionalism.
- Work collaboratively with consultants, cancer services, multidisciplinary teams, primary care, and community partners to ensure seamless and coordinated patient pathways.
- Support the delivery of national cancer standards and targets, contributing to improvements in diagnostic pathways, treatment timelines, and patient experience.
- Identify, lead, and support quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes, safety, experience, and service effectiveness.
- Lead and participate in clinical audit, research, and service evaluation activities, ensuring findings are used to improve practice and service delivery.
- Monitor service performance and contribute to the achievement of divisional and organisational objectives through effective use of data, audit, and outcome measures.
- Lead on risk management, incident investigation, and clinical governance activities within the service, ensuring safe and effective patient care
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Cross site working may be included.
Closing date of applications: 04 November 2026
Interview date: 18 November 2026
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Nov 2026
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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