Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Skin Cancer Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 22 June 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Plastic Surgery Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)Team

As a Skin Cancer CNS your role is to provide comprehensive nursing support to patients and their carer's with a diagnosis of skin cancer. The ideal candidate will work as an autonomous clinical expert in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating expert nursing care given to skin cancer patients.

The successful candidate will join a well-established team and will need to be flexible and adaptable, a good team player with the ability to work well on their own initiative and willing to take on a variety of duties, whilst having the ability to maintain attention to detail.

The successful Candidate will need to have knowledge or experience within cancer services

Excellent communication skills will be required as well as the ability to work with different computer programmes.

This role will be across multi-sites working in our satellite clinics so the successful candidate will need to have access to a car and be able to drive.

Main duties of the job

Work autonomously to manage his/her own caseload of patients, whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team. Maintain effective communication with out patients, relatives and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.

Provide support, verbal and written information on Skin cancer's newly referred patients and their families enabling patients to make an informed decision on their treatment.

Assess new and follow up patients in the nurse led clinics to identify their psychological, physiological, emotional needs in relation to their disease and treatment.

Travel to satellite clinics provided within Skin cancer and offer support and clinical knowledge to patients and their relatives.

Reporting to the Band 7 CNS and Matron on all aspects of clinical activities, including significant changes affecting provisions of nursing care.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-B&D-BR-3249

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Job description

Job responsibilities

We look forward to your application. Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We look forward to your application. Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 2 years post qualifying experience
  • Evidence of post registration development/ course in plastic surgery, dermatology/or cancer care

Desirable

  • Consultation and Assessment experience
  • Clinical experience in plastic surgery or dermatology nursing

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to travel between trusts
  • SSSA qualification

Desirable

  • Nurse Prescribing
  • Awareness of political and professional agenda in cancer care
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 2 years post qualifying experience
  • Evidence of post registration development/ course in plastic surgery, dermatology/or cancer care

Desirable

  • Consultation and Assessment experience
  • Clinical experience in plastic surgery or dermatology nursing

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to travel between trusts
  • SSSA qualification

Desirable

  • Nurse Prescribing
  • Awareness of political and professional agenda in cancer care

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Marianne Horne

marianne.horne@nhs.net

03004435298

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-B&D-BR-3249

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


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