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Head & Neck Specialist Nurse
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 8 day(s) ago
Reference: 214-SRG-8279109
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate, experienced, and motivated nurse to join our established Head and Neck Cancer Nursing Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to people affected by head and neck cancer, providing specialist advice, support, and advocacy from diagnosis through treatment, survivorship, and, where appropriate, palliative care.
You will act as a key worker, managing a caseload of patients, undertaking nurse-led clinics, coordinating care, and working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, personalised care. You will also contribute to service development and improvement, helping shape the future of our specialist nursing service.
We are looking for a nurse with experience in cancer services and an understanding of head and neck oncology. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, alongside the ability to provide compassionate support and communicate complex or sensitive information with empathy and clarity.
As a Band 7 practitioner, you will provide clinical leadership, act as a positive role model, and uphold the Trust's CARE values. You will be autonomous, proactive, resilient, and committed to delivering excellent patient care and experience.
If you are passionate about specialist cancer nursing and want to make a meaningful difference to patients and their families, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
25 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-SRG-8279109
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience in NHS Hospital Setting
- Experience within Cancer care
- Excellent communicator
- Team player
- Ability to manage case load
- Written and verbal skill
- Audit methodologies
Desirable
- Experience within Head & Neck services
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Level One Registered Nurse
- Advanced Communication skills training or willing to undertake
- First Level Degree or equivalent experience/ knowledge
- Teaching & Assessing Qualification
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
- Level 2 Psychology training or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Post-Graduate Diploma or MSc in nursing or equivalent higher professional qualifications in Head & Neck or Cancer services
- Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing
- Programme of study relevant to Head & Neck nursing practice
- Formal leadership / managerial experience
Further Training
Essential
- Hope course
Desirable
- Teaching in coping skills, camouflage advice and prosthetics
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience
- Experience in Head & Neck ENT ,Oncology or palliative care
- Clinical teaching practice
- MDT Working
- Caseload management
- Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Demonstrate self awareness and understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
- Evidence of ability to manage change
- Evidence of effective time management
- Undertake audit and/or research in a relevant area
Desirable
- Publications
- Research experience
- IT Skills
- Membership of special interest and professional groups
- Clinical Nurse Specialist experience
- Management / leadership experience
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- 37.5 hours
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to travel between sites / Trusts
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience in NHS Hospital Setting
- Experience within Cancer care
- Excellent communicator
- Team player
- Ability to manage case load
- Written and verbal skill
- Audit methodologies
Desirable
- Experience within Head & Neck services
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Level One Registered Nurse
- Advanced Communication skills training or willing to undertake
- First Level Degree or equivalent experience/ knowledge
- Teaching & Assessing Qualification
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
- Level 2 Psychology training or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Post-Graduate Diploma or MSc in nursing or equivalent higher professional qualifications in Head & Neck or Cancer services
- Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing
- Programme of study relevant to Head & Neck nursing practice
- Formal leadership / managerial experience
Further Training
Essential
- Hope course
Desirable
- Teaching in coping skills, camouflage advice and prosthetics
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience
- Experience in Head & Neck ENT ,Oncology or palliative care
- Clinical teaching practice
- MDT Working
- Caseload management
- Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Demonstrate self awareness and understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
- Evidence of ability to manage change
- Evidence of effective time management
- Undertake audit and/or research in a relevant area
Desirable
- Publications
- Research experience
- IT Skills
- Membership of special interest and professional groups
- Clinical Nurse Specialist experience
- Management / leadership experience
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- 37.5 hours
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to travel between sites / Trusts
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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom