Main area Lung Cancer Support Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 223-CNS-836
Site The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Town Shrewsbury Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum /pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59
Job overview
The aim of the post is to provide expert care, advice and support to patients, their carers and family’s referred to the Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) with a suspicion of or confirmed Lung cancer diagnosis.
The post holder will provide a continuing supporting service under the supervision of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). The post holder will liaise with other healthcare professionals including the Primary Health Care team to provide the best possible continuity of care for patients. It is envisaged that the post holder would maintain and develop links with patients and clinical nurse specialists of the referring teams at local Trusts.
The post holder will assist in a multi professional team approach to provide a comprehensive service for all aspects of Lung Cancer care under the direction of the CNS in Lung Cancer. The post holder will have a role in the lung cancer MDT, support patients and their families through the lung cancer pathway to diagnosis and into treatment.
Main duties of the job
The Lung Cancer CNS team offer clinical, social and emotional support utilising a holistic approach to each patient and their families. We endeavour to meet each patient at diagnosis, throughout treatment and at end of life. We work closely with other specialist teams sharing knowledge and skills to ensure every patient is managed appropriately.
The role of CNS will assist in ensuring all patients have a key worker and have their needs identified through a holistic needs assessment and co-creating a care and support plan with people living with cancer
Working for our organisation
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Our Service will relocate to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 as part of HTP. This move will bring specialist services together in a modern, purpose-built facility to improve patient care and team experience.
We are actively recruiting, and successful candidates will be expected to move with the Service in early 2028. The relocation will follow a formal management of change process, including full consultation and support for staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Clinical skills and experience
- Experience at Band 6 or at Band 5 experience in nursing patients with Lung Cancer /complex respiratory/Oncology or in a palliative care setting where patients with lung cancer may be nursed
- Clear understanding of the Specialist Nurse role
- Evidence of Communication skills training
- Evidence of teaching qualification
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing/clinical audit
- Experience in implementing change
clinical
- Ability to work flexibly across site
In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Our Commitment to Safety and Respect – The Trust is a signatory to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter and is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace, free from sexual misconduct, harassment and discrimination. We expect everyone working, training or learning within the Trust to uphold appropriate professional boundaries, demonstrate respectful behaviour and contribute to a culture in which colleagues feel safe to speak up.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
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