Cancer Admissions Avoidance CNS

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Closing date: 16 March 2026

Cancer Admissions Avoidance CNS

Cancer Admissions Triage Team CNS - Band 6, Post 22.5 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the established Cancer Admissions Avoidance Team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist. We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and dynamic nurse to join our friendly and forward thinking multi disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

As a Cancer Admissions and Triage CNS you will be involved in a range of activities including:

• Acting as an oncology resource to patients and healthcare colleagues.
• Offering evidence based advice through triaging patients using the UKONS proforma, maintaining telephone clinics and facilitating patient flow 7 days a week.
• Recognising complications related to treatment and, where possible, minimising the need for hospital admission.
• Participating in audits and providing feedback to the wider oncology team.
• Teaching in both group settings and during 1:1 sessions.
• Attending informal visits - highly recommended.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city and play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We also take a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

• Acting as a resource for patients and healthcare colleagues who contact the hospital via the oncology triage line.
• Triaging oncology patients using the UKONS proforma, offering appropriate evidence based advice to minimize the need for hospital based assessment and admission.
• Maintaining a telephone review clinic for all cycle 1 chemotherapy patients to assess complications early and encourage self management or arrange day case assessment.
• Maintaining databases designed to record telephone clinics for appropriate coding and to ensure accurate funding streams.
• Facilitating patient flow 7 days a week to ensure appropriate places of care for inpatients (reducing outlying bed usage) and direct non admission assessments.

Person Specification Training & Qualifications

• Current level one NMC registration (adult branch).
• UKONS triage trained.
• Completion of chemotherapy package.
• IV competent.
• Formal leadership and management training.
• Research training/experience.
• Suitable teaching & assessing qualification.

Experience

• Significant experience at Band 5 level in oncology.
• Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff.
• Experience triaging oncology patients.
• Recent or current experience within the specialty.
• Involvement in link nurse or project work.
• Knowledge of oncology admission pathways.
• Audit or research within the clinical area.

Communication & Relationship Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective communication over the phone to patients and colleagues.
• Ability to manage complex situations over the phone.
• Ability to give clear and evidence based oncological advice in a variety of settings.
• Basic IT skills.
• Recognition of own level of competence and limitation, and ability to communicate these to appropriate staff.
• Negotiation and influencing skills.
• Provision of formal teaching sessions.
• Team working and collaboration within a team.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

• Response to problem situations and implementation of effective interventions.
• Understanding of bed management and discharge coordinator roles.
• Assessment, planning, delivery, prioritisation and evaluation of patient care.
• Knowledge of current NHS policy issues.
• Data collection and analysis.

Planning & Organisation

• Prioritise own workload and respond to urgent emergencies appropriately.
• Contribute to development, implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans.
• Supervise and support others.

Physical Skills

• Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties.
• Dexterity and accuracy in performing clinical skills, equipment use and documentation.
• Competence in medical equipment use.
• Moving and handling training.
• Manual handling of patients and non patient manoeuvres.

Specific to Role Requirements

• Enthusiastic and well motivated.
• Caring and compassionate.
• Attendance at conferences/study days.
• Understanding of the role of advocacy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for any previous criminal convictions.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year (per annum pro pro rate)