Melanoma Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Oncology Team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as a Melanoma Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for a 12 month temporary post / secondment.

The Melanoma CNS will provide specialist, high quality expert nursing care and support for patients (and their carers) with Melanoma receiving systemic anti cancer treatment (SACT) delivering holistic, patient centred care according to their changing health care needs. They will be required to provide nurse-led clinics for Melanoma patients undergoing SACT; assessing, diagnosing and managing complications of treatment and disease. They will work closely with the Multidisciplinary teams, acting as the patient s advocate to help in ensuring the best outcomes as the patient s key worker throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway.

The applicant should have specialist skills, knowledge and experience in oncology and possess excellent communication skills.

For further details/informal visits please contact Sam Toland, Nurse Consultant in Cancer Care and Lead SACT Nurse:  Tel ext 33855 or Mob:

Date posted: 20 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for Change

Band:
Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract:

Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern:
Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C

Job locations:
Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Key Duties:

To be a point of contact/ keyworker for patients with Melanoma that are undergoing SACT or in the advanced stage of their disease.

Working autonomously, maintain a caseload of patients and demonstrate practice in holistic needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care promoting the philosophy of person-centred care for patients with Melanoma.

Provide nurse-led clinics for Melanoma patients undergoing treatment, assessing, diagnosing and managing complications of treatment and disease.

Utilising advanced communication skills when discussing diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options for Melanoma with sensitivity and expertise.

Assess educational and information needs for patients and families, and devise plans to ensure their needs are met.

General Duties:

Clinical Practice:

Visit ward areas including ED and review patients where appropriate, provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised specialist care.

Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS plan and relevant guidelines.

Ensure all patients receive high quality clinical care and good patient experience, having regard and sensitivity for their customs, culture, religious beliefs and lifestyle.

To be responsible for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment.

Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individual.

Participate in case conferences in relation to the management of patients, ensuring the coordination of ongoing care.

Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.

To utilise advanced communication skills in supporting patients and their carers during the delivery of bad news such as disease progression, terminal illness and in the event of death.

Promote collaborative working relationships and effective communication between all members of the trust, community and tertiary services/ MDT to improve the management and outcomes of the patient group.

Promote high quality care and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do:
Being open and honest;
Ensuring people feel cared for;
Showing respect to everyone. We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

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