Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-7377471-T3-A
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Melanoma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary Melanoma Team in providing quality specialist care This will involve supporting the cancer pathway at diagnosis and delivering personalised care. A key element of the role is knowledge re immune checkpoint inhibitors the disease and a passion to make a difference for our patients and their families.
The post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care and be named key worker for this cohort of patients. They will act as a lead specialist and will demonstrate expertise within the Melanoma service, providing specialist advice, education and support to patients, their carers/relatives and health care professionals. The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and support research within this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the on-going development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues, to include the undertaking of Peer Review.
To ensure and promote safety and well-being of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person-centred care principles. This post encompasses line management responsibility for a Band 4 Melanoma Cancer Support Worker.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
Blue Light card eligibility
And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse
- Educated to Degree level supplemented by post graduate diploma
- Advanced communication
- Specialist training or short courses in further specialist training to masters equivalent (site/cancer specific module at level7) or eqivivulent workplace experience.
Desirable criteria
- SACT qualification
- Level 2 psychological skills and/or sage and thyme training
- Practice supervisor/ assessor Training
- Qualification in Cancer Care (Post Grad Cert/Dip)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience pertinent to cancer care, oncology and/or palliative care
- Experience to work independently and as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Experience of managing caseload of patients
- Experience of service development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of government led and professional issues relating to nursing / patient care
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Ability to identify patient and staff issues and proactive in addressing of these
- Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Spencer-Brown
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07542 318552
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