Cancer Specialist Professional: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Professional to join the Macmillan Next Steps Cancer Rehabilitation Service on a six-month fixed-term basis.

Macmillan Next Steps is a community-based cancer rehabilitation service supporting people living with and beyond cancer to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life.

We are looking for a motivated and innovative individual with strong clinical and leadership skills to help support the delivery and ongoing development of the service.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside the existing Band 7 Team Lead, you will provide specialist clinical support, leadership and supervision to the team. You will undertake holistic patient assessments and triage, provide individualised 1:1 rehabilitation support to patients with complex physical and psychological needs, and empower individuals to manage the ongoing consequences of cancer and its treatment.

You will also contribute to service improvement and development, support the delivery of patient education and health and wellbeing programmes, and work collaboratively with colleagues across primary care, secondary care and the voluntary sector.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, experience of multidisciplinary working and a passion for delivering holistic, person-centred care.

If you are passionate about cancer rehabilitation and making a positive difference to the lives of people affected by cancer, we would love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/Qualification in relevant Professional role
  • Appropriate post registration experience in either oncology or complex case management in long term conditions
  • Evidence of Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant clinical area
  • Professional Body Registration i.e. HCPC or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills i.e. Level 2 Psychology Advanced Communication skills or equivalent
  • Experience of multi-professional working
  • Knowledge of person centred care, positive psychology, behaviour change and self-management

Desirable

  • Knowledge of treatments and consequences of treatment related side effects to enhance the person living with and beyond cancers experience and ability to self-manage and make positive health choices
  • Experience of developing educational programmes, teaching and presenting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Involvement in Appraisal process/Appraisal of others
  • Ability to undertake team leadership roles where appropriate, including supervisory skills and open to additional leadership training when needed
  • Evidence of relevant continued professional development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 November 2026

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