Job summary
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This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist to take on a newly developed regional role. This post is a fixed-term position for an initial 24 months.
The postholder will work across a diverse caseload, providing expert clinical support, advice, and care coordination for patients with mesothelioma, ensuring a high-quality, patient-centred experience throughout their pathway.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams across the region, you will enhance patient experience, improve access to specialist care, and act as a trusted point of contact for patients and families.
Jointly funded by Mesothelioma UK and the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance, this post reflects a strong regional commitment to advancing specialist mesothelioma services and improving outcomes.
As a new role, you will help shape service development and lead on data collection and evaluation to support a business case for its future sustainability and growth.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
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Provide expert, patient-centred clinical care to individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma across a regional caseload, ensuring continuity of care and high-quality patient experience.
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Act as a key point of contact and source of specialist advice for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
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Support and coordinate care across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring timely access to investigations, treatments, and supportive services.
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Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate complex care needs, including symptom management, psychosocial support, and palliative care where appropriate.
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Promote patient education and self-management, ensuring patients and families are informed and supported throughout the care pathway.
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Contribute to service development, including the design, implementation, and evaluation of new pathways and care initiatives.
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Collect and analyse service and patient data to support ongoing service evaluation and development, including contributing to a business case for the future sustainability of the post.
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Maintain professional standards, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, clinical guidelines, and evidence-based practice.
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Act as an ambassador for mesothelioma care, raising awareness and promoting best practice across the regional healthcare network.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
- Kind
- Empowered
- Responsible
- Inclusive
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Degree in healthcare related subject
- Evidence of Masters level learning
- Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject
- Advanced Communications Skills training or prepared to work towards
- Leadership experience
Desirable
- MSc Clinical Examination
- Psychological skills training - level 2 or above
- Msc Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience,, in cancer, palliative care or the specialty
- Experience of teaching
- In-depth specialist knowledge
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Leadership and Management experience
- Evidence of advanced communications skills
- Ability to lead and influence change
Desirable
- HNA training and undertaking eHNA
- Experience of writing policies and procedures
- Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
- Experience of audit and research
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and it's role across the UK
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- In depth understanding of evidence based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
- Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Degree in healthcare related subject
- Evidence of Masters level learning
- Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant specialist subject
- Advanced Communications Skills training or prepared to work towards
- Leadership experience
Desirable
- MSc Clinical Examination
- Psychological skills training - level 2 or above
- Msc Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience,, in cancer, palliative care or the specialty
- Experience of teaching
- In-depth specialist knowledge
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Leadership and Management experience
- Evidence of advanced communications skills
- Ability to lead and influence change
Desirable
- HNA training and undertaking eHNA
- Experience of writing policies and procedures
- Experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
- Experience of audit and research
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and it's role across the UK
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- In depth understanding of evidence based practice and ability to critically appraise and implement research findings into practice
- Extensive knowledge of national standards and policies within specialist field.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
