Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT

Location:

Swindon, SN3 6BB

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

02/05/2026

This is a part time role for 30 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 lung 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 Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist team.

You will have a key role in shaping the future of the lung cancer service, ensuring people affected by lung cancer receive exceptional support throughout their cancer pathway.

You will provide clinical leadership, professional guidance, and oversight for the specialist nursing team.

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 lung cancer.

The Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Team Leader (Band 7) will provide advanced clinical expertise and day to day leadership to the lung cancer specialist nursing team at Great Western Hospital.

Working collaboratively with respiratory medicine, oncology, palliative care, and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will ensure the delivery of a high quality, patient centred lung cancer service.

The Lung Cancer CNS team delivers a proactive and responsive service, coordinating the lung cancer pathway from pre diagnosis, through treatment, and into palliative and end of life 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.

Promotes and develops the specialist advisory and supportive role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lung Cancer, demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge base supported by post registration education and qualification.

Demonstrate exemplar nursing practice, delivering high-quality, individualised, evidence-based care in line with the Trust Nursing Strategy and the 6Cs.

Act as a Key Worker for patients with suspected or confirmed lung cancer, providing advanced clinical assessment, coordination, and continuity of care across the entire pathway.

Use specialist clinical expertise to manage complex symptoms, treatment related side effects, and supportive care needs.

Provide skilled psychological support to patients and families, including facilitating difficult conversations and supporting informed decision making.

Advocate for patients and carers, ensuring care is compassionate, equitable, and responsive to individual needs and preferences.

Lead and deliver nurse led clinics, including assessment, follow up, education, treatment support, remote monitoring, and completion of end of treatment summaries.

This advert closes on Sunday 19 Apr 2026

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