Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 19 November 2026
Are you passionate about making a real difference in patient care? We’re looking for an experienced Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide leadership and guidance within the speciality. In this role, you’ll be a trusted source of knowledge and support for patients, their families, and carers, as well as a key resource for our multi-professional team.
You’ll play a vital part in coordinating care, ensuring patients experience seamless support throughout their journey. Your insight and expertise will help shape and develop our service to meet the evolving needs of the people we care for.
This is a great opportunity to demonstrate your experience, lead with confidence, and share your knowledge through education and mentorship. You’ll also drive improvements in care standards through audits and research, and carry out specialist clinical procedures within your scope of practice.
Main duties of the job
Offer holistic support to patients diagnosed via both the Symptomatic Breast Service.
Act as a support mechanism to patients in their treatment choice and entry into clinical trials, while maintaining research-based practice.
Provide education and advice to patients and their relatives in this patient group.
Know how to resource appropriate information literature for this patient group.
Attend weekly multi-disciplinary breast meetings.
Under the direction of the Breast Care Nurses to assist with the development and implementation of integrated care pathways.
Provide an accessible telephone contact service for Breast patients concerned about their symptoms or treatment.
Work with colleagues to maintain a comprehensive service which provides optimum care for patients with Breast disease.
Act as the patients’ advocate in association with relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team, when informed discussion may assist them in understanding and deciding upon treatment plans.
Ensure that the rights of the patient are respected and assist in the provision of information enabling informed decisions to be made about their care.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job responsibilities
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register
- Post registration qualification relevant to the specialism
- communication course
Knowledge and Experience
- Two years post- registration Experience
- Previous experience working in an acute healthcare setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Neil Rothnie Breast Unit, Southend Hospital, prittlewell Chase
£39,959 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
390-NM-SUR-SO-8913
Job locations
The Neil Rothnie Breast Unit, Southend Hospital, prittlewell Chase
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