Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dimbleby Cancer Care)Guy’s & St Thomas’ & Queen Mary’s Hospitals
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Dimbleby Cancer Information service as a Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist.
You will work closely with the Cancer Information CNS lead to provide high-quality, patient-centred care, acting as an independent clinical resource for patients, carers and healthcare professionals. The role involves delivering support and advice across the cancer pathway via drop-in services, telephone, support groups, and email.
You will contribute to holistic needs assessment, personalised care planning and appropriate signposting to services within the Trust and external organisations. You will also support the lead Cancer Information CNS to develop information services across the Trust.
This role offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team across two sites, supporting patients with complex physical, emotional and practical needs.
Essential:
- Experience within cancer care/oncology
- Excellent communication and assessment skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Join us to help deliver compassionate, high-quality cancer support.
1 day/week to be on Queen Mary’s Hospital site, Sidcup
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to act as an independent clinical resource for patients, carers and other health care professionals about support for those affected by cancer. They will support the Band 7 Senior CNS. The individual will need to have a solid understanding of cancer care and be able to manage patient queries through a drop-in service, phone and email. They will carry out nursing and information assessments and will require excellent communication skills plus psychological assessment skills. They will have a good knowledge of support services available to cancer patients, both within and outside the Trust and be able to signpost and refer patients according to their needs. The role involves working at Guys and St Thomas and Queen Mary’s Hospital. They will be able to identify and address the patients’ needs through Personalised Care and support planning with the use of HNA’s (Holistic Needs Assessment).
The post-holder will have regular and frequent contact with Dimbleby Cancer Care staff and volunteers, service and general managers, tumour specific clinical nurse specialists, clinical and medical oncology clinicians and staff, therapy radiographers, ward staff, and others treating cancer patients within the Trust. In addition, there will be close contact with the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and Macmillan Cancer Support, as well as other charities and services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
- Experience of teaching/ assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
- Supervision of junior staff
- Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Mentorship Course
- Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
- Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Desirable
- Leadership qualification (e.g. LEO)
- Sign off Mentorship
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Knowledge of evidence based practice.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives.
- In depth drugs knowledge
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
- Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
- An understanding of audit and research based nursing practice.
- An understanding of resource management
- Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
- Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others. Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.
- Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department
- You will be able decide how best to achieve expected results, whilst acting within clearly defined policies/ procedures and codes of conduct.
Desirable
- Previous outpatient experience
- Evidence of participation in audits, MDT, service improvement
Additional Information
Essential
- Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours, according to service needs
Closing Date: 6 September 2026
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