Melanoma Clinical Nurse Specialist

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The closing date is 03 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Oncology Team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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:

The post holder will act as the key worker for Melanoma patients undergoing SACT (systemic anti-cancer therapies) and those with advanced cancers using excellent communication skills, provide holistic needs assessment and care.

To provide psychological support and care, advice, information for patients, carers and families.

Work autonomously and independently providing nurse-led clinics as appropriate

To act as a resource and to advise health and social care personnel on any aspects of patients  therapeutic programmes of care.

To be an active member of the MDT and where appropriate feedback any outcomes to the patient, carers and relatives.

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, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, 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.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

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:

As above and in addition:

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…