Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology Urology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-267064
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cambridge University Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/03/2026
Employer heading
Support Nurse Uro-Oncology
Band 6
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate nurse to join our team as a Band 6 Specialist Support Nurse within the Uro-Oncology service.
You will be based within Oncology outpatients but will also be involved with inpatient care. You will work closely with the band 7, band 6 and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic, patient-centred care to individuals with prostate and bladder cancer throughout their cancer pathway.
You will play a key role in coordinating care from the point of referral, through active treatment, and during the transition from treatment to best supportive care. You will play an important part in ensuring patients and their families feel informed, supported and educated about their diagnosis.
You will be supported with site specific training to enable you to practise with increased confidence and autonomy.
As a Uro-Oncology team, we support each other and foster a healthy, efficient and competent team. We are proud of the culture we’ve built – we work hard, support each other and genuinely enjoy what we do.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients whilst co-ordinating and streamlining their care.
Responsible for providing specialist advice and support about symptoms and side effects of treatment
Competent in undertaking a telephone triage with appropriate escalation and follow up plans
To keep up to date with developments in cancer care and treatments
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12-February-2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 26-February-2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching or mentoring qualification
- Post registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete
- Transferable skills to oncology/urology
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Research Module
- Advanced communication skills
- Experience of oncology/palliative care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for patients with urology oncology/ surgical experience or express a clear willingness to learn
- Experience of cancer treatments
- Support role/CNS experience
- NHS experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of specialist field
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues’ needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management.
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
Desirable criteria
- Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
- Documentation, audit and presentation skills
- Leadership Skills
Additional requirements
Essential criteria
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- CUH
- Job title
- Lead CNS and Neuro Oncology cns
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 256676
- Additional information
Urology nurses: 01223 257049
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