Band 7 Kidney Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Free Hospital Town Hampstead Salary £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/02/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Applications are invited for a Kidney Cancer Clinical Nurse specialist (CNS) to join our well-established nursing team. Due to the expansion of the service this fulltime position has become available for a dynamic and motivated CNS to join the team to deliver specialist kidney cancer nursing to patients under the care of the specialist kidney cancer centre. The appointees will play a key role in delivering world class care for patients undergoing surgery for kidney cancer and benign disease.

Working with the existing clinical team to provide excellent clinical care and education. This post will also cover surgical care for patients with benign kidney disease.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated individual with an interest in Surgical kidney Cancer Nursing. You will have a strong clinical background in urology/surgical nursing; experience of working with surgery or cancer patients would be desirable. You will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Renal Cancer and the very experienced CNS team who will support you to deliver expert nursing care.

You will lead with high visibility and possess a natural personal resilience to promote a positive work culture for high staff engagement and performance. You will support delivery of our world class values to improve patient experience. This post will provide excellent career opportunities in research, innovation and service improvement.

This role is to facilitate the provision of high-quality specialist nursing care to patients with kidney cancers and benign disease throughout the patients surgical pathway. The role will include the provision of advice, counselling & supportive care to patients & their families. The primary focus is to ensure patients are fully diagnosed counselled regarding treatment & to delivery ongoing care following treatment , in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary teams in acute care & in close liaison with the Primary Care providers.

You will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to kidney cancer as part of the specialist kidney cancer service. Also to liaise with their peers across the Trust, the directorate management team and appropriate corporate directorates & teams.

The RFL Specialist Centre for Kidney Cancer was formally commissioned in July 2019. The Specialist Centre for Kidney Cancer is located at Royal Free Hospital and serves the population of North Central and North-East London as well as taking referrals from Wales. It is currently the largest surgical centre for kidney cancer in Europe. We are seeking to recruit an exceptional individual with vision and passion to support the development of the specialist nursing service.

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