Job Description

As a Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist, you will play a crucial role in the management and care of patients with gynaecological cancers. You will manage a case load of patients and help and support them through their journey.



Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.



Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is dedicated to providing exceptional care to our patients. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care and support to individuals diagnosed with gynaecological cancers.



As a Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist, you will play a crucial role in the management and care of patients with gynaecological cancers. Your responsibilities will include:

Clinical Care:

Provide expert nursing care and support to patients throughout their treatment journey, including pre-operative, post-operative, and ongoing care.

Patient Education:

Educate patients and their families about their diagnosis, treatment options, and ongoing care plans.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration:

Work closely with oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care.

Case Management:

Coordinate patient care, manage clinical caseloads, and ensure timely follow-ups.

Support Services:

Offer emotional support and counselling to patients and their families, addressing their concerns and needs.



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.



To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.



Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist with a defined case load, including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. " To act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers both locally and regionally to provide a seamless pathway of care to oncology patients across gynaecology " Responsible to deliver care working with defined protocols for defined caseload in the following: - Clinics - Referral to medical colleagues if any deviation from patient protocols occur.