Practice Development Nurse Oncology and Haematology Band 6

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Band 6

Main area Practice Development Oncology Haematology Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: 30 hours Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

Site Cheltenham General Hospital Town Cheltenham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 (pa, pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/08/2026 23:59 Interview date 03/09/2026

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Practice Development Nurse Oncology and Haematology Band 6 (30 hours a week)

We are a passionate, driven team and strive to deliver projects, innovation and education to benefit the amazing Gloucestershire Cancer Centre staff and patients. The NMC standards are at the heart of our professional values, particularly relating to evidenced based care. The key attributes for being a PD nurse are kindness, autonomy, a solid background and thirst for knowledge within Haematology/Oncology.

Additional working pattern details:
Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday or Sunday for recruitment fairs of conference

A great opportunity to progress, become and educator, clinical specialist and staff advocate.

Expected Interview date : 03/09/2026

The oncology practice development team is a small, highly functioning, friendly and professional group. We are very supportive of each other and the wider nursing teams. Education and development are our key provision, and the new post holder will get plenty while they adjust to the role.

Eventually however, this is a very autonomous and independent working environment. Hence excellent organisational, self-management, interpersonal and leadership skills are required. Alongside, a level of experience, existing knowledge and clinical skills are required. The PD team cover four departments and the band 6’s are expected to manage their own varied workload and deadlines, while covering the bleeps. With any small team there will days when you have limited senior support.

Good communication is required to manage staff effectively and deliver teaching. Need to build trusting working relationships within all four departments to ensure staff are psychologically safe to discuss sometimes personal, emotional and challenging issues.

Frequent use of PC.

There is an occasional requirement (once a week on average) to lift light objects of less…