Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team. The team provides specialist support to patients across Hampshire Hospitals sites, including Basingstoke, Winchester, and Andover. This Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist post (dependent on experience) will:

• Work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering expert, specialist care to patients diagnosed with prostate cancer.
• Collaborate with the Prostate Cancer CNS team to coordinate the diagnostic pathway, including prostate biopsies for individuals referred with suspected prostate cancer, ensuring high‑quality care in line with national and local standards.
• Provide evidence‑based care for a designated caseload of patients, working alongside the Lead Prostate Cancer Consultant. This includes running nurse‑led active surveillance and post‑treatment clinics, assessing patients either remotely or face‑to‑face using a range of communication methods.
• Act as a key point of contact between patients and the multidisciplinary team, ensuring clear and effective communication across professional boundaries.
• Support Cancer Support Worker‑led clinic activity, including workshops and patient assessments for those enrolled in the Prostate Cancer Personalised Stratified Follow‑Up pathway.

• Maintain high standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of the patient experience of care when referred via the suspected prostate cancer pathway.
• Assess, plan and implement necessary diagnostic investigations following receipt of primary care referrals.
• Exercise clinical judgement relating to individuals' complex care needs, including those where factors may be conflicting, requiring high‑level analysis and interpretation skills, comparing a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.
• Apply specialised clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
• Promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care, through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this through clinical audit and research engagement.
• Lead by example.
• Ensure clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
• Exhibit effective leadership.

• Evidence of management skills within current banding.
• Experience working within the field of prostate cancer, preferably as a band 6.
• Evidence of reading and understanding current literature related to the specialism.
• Qualified Nurse: achieved entry to the NMC register and studied at degree level or equivalent qualification.
• Ability to manage own workload and participate in service redesigns.