Lead Cancer Nurse

Lead Cancer Nurse

Closing date: 11 January 2026

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse who is able to act on their own initiative, adopting a values led 'can do' leadership style within a climate of constant change to oversee, develop, and continually improve cancer services across the organisation. You will bring expertise in cancer care and a strong track record of leadership and service improvement.

The post holder will provide visible Trust wide professional leadership and support for the specialist cancer nursing workforce and is pivotal in ensuring excellence across the cancer pathway from diagnosis, treatment and living with and beyond cancer diagnosis.

The post holder will be required to lead the personalised care agenda keeping a focus on patient experience and engagement, as well as raising the awareness of inequalities in cancer care.

You will be an inspiring and approachable clinical leader with a deep commitment to improving the experience of people affected by cancer.

Main duties of the job

• The Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse will play a crucial role as an ambassador for cancer nursing care, both within the Trust and regionally across organisational boundaries, cultivating a diverse range of services to establish an integrated approach to patient care and supporting the delivery of quality outcomes in cancer.
• As a highly experienced specialist within the field of cancer nursing they will have corporate professional oversight of the specialist cancer nursing workforce across multiple tumour sites and care groups, and work with the operational specialty teams, ensuring there is equity of provision as well as ongoing development of expertise within the clinical teams in line with the ambitions set within NHS legislation and local Cancer Strategy.
• The Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse will be managerially responsible for the Macmillan Cancer Support and Information Service Manager providing strategic support and guidance to the service as a whole and will have a clear role in leading expert practice and programmes of improvement work and redesign within cancer in line with local and national priorities.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co created by staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for detailed role responsibilities.

Person Specification

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration. Post Reg Qualification in an area of Cancer Care
• Portfolio of certified/ accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas
• Broad experience of project work and managing projects in a complex multi system environment
• Experience of shaping services to support the Personalised Care agenda
• Experience of working with national charities / professional forums to lead and promote the development of patient centred services
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self regulation
• Working knowledge of national cancer targets and their implementation

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

£55,690 to £74,896 a year
Current Band 8A - Pending job evaluation

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working