Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

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Job overview

This is a full time role for 37.5 hours/week.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist ready to take the next step into a leadership position, with opportunities to influence service development and drive innovation in breast cancer care. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse leader with a passion for delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care to lead our Primary and Secondary Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist teams. You will have a key role in shaping the future of the breast cancer service, ensuring people affected by breast cancer receive exceptional support throughout their cancer pathway.

You will provide clinical leadership, professional guidance, and oversight for the specialist nursing teams. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain a clinical presence across the Trust, offering expert assessment, advice, and support to patients and carers. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care for people affected by breast cancer.

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The Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Team Leader (Band 7) will provide advanced clinical expertise and day-to-day leadership to the breast cancer specialist nursing teams at the Great Western Hospital. Working collaboratively with the oncologists, surgeons, Wiltshire Breast Screening team and wider multidisciplinary team supporting patients diagnosed with a breast cancer, the post holder will ensure the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred breast cancer service.

The Breast Cancer CNS teams deliver a proactive and responsive service, coordinating the breast cancer pathway from pre-diagnosis, through treatment, to living with and beyond cancer or palliative care. The post holder will act as a key worker for patients, providing expert clinical, psychological, and supportive care, while contributing to service improvement, clinical governance, and quality assurance in line with national guidance.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Breast Cancer Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)Team Leader will lead the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams working alongside the oncologists, surgeons, Wiltshire Breast Screening team and wider multidisciplinary team supporting patients diagnosed with a breast cancer. The aim of the post is to enhance the patient quality of life when diagnosed with breast cancer, supporting the patient, families and carers.

The post holder will act as a key worker identifying the needs of this patient population using his/her expertise in clinical, knowledge and interpersonal skills to support the management of symptoms and treatments.

This will involve the provision of specialist advice and liaison with appropriate Health Care Professionals across all care settings and Breast Multidisciplinary teams in other Trusts. The CNS will be expected to deliver nurse-led clinics supporting patients with breast cancer.

Please see attached Job Description for further details.

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Certificate of Sponsorship - Sponsorship can only be offered where the role meets the relevant eligibility criteria, including minimum salary requirements. Please note that not all roles within the organisation are eligible for sponsorship. Eligibility for this role includes:

• Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification

• Meeting the Skilled Worker visa criteria, where applicable

From 4 April 2024, UK immigration policy changes increased the minimum salary levels required for Skilled Worker visas. Further information is available on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.

We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

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The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.