Job Description

We are looking for an innovative clinical leader with significant experience in Acute Oncology Nursing to support the ongoing development of our services. You will work alongside our Consultant Oncologists and Cancer CNSs to develop an environment that provides safe and responsive care . You will inspire, support and develop the team with shared values putting the patients at the centre of care delivery and service transformation.



London Northwest University is committed to transforming Cancer Services. With the launch of our updated Cancer Strategy, we are developing our services across the pathways including developing roles that encompass extended practice supported by appropriate education. We are ambitious to develop a new cancer assessment service to improve patient experience of emergency presentation.



Please email (philippadavies@nhs.net) to arrange an informal visit or discussion about the role.



The post holder will undertake triage of the patient after referral from medical colleagues across the Trust. You will advise and support clinical colleagues on the investigation, care, and management of this group of patients affording a ccess to faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral to other specialist teams as appropriate including oncology and palliative care).



The post holder will lead the AOS CNS team and provide line management and team leadership.



The post holder will collate and present service data at local and national meetings. They will be responsible for the establishing, delivering and leading a comprehensive AOS within the Trust in line with the National Cancer Peer Review Programme (2011).



London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.



Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital:

home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

St Mark's Hospital:

an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

Ealing Hospital:

a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

Central Middlesex Hospital:

our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.



We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.



To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the and Person Specification.



If this sounds like the job for you, please get in contact for further information and informal discussion and / or visit .