Band 6​/Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist

Band 6/7 Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 02 August 2026

The Surgical Care group is looking to recruit a dedicated and highly skilled Band 7 Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist to support the Cancer pathway. You would need to be an experienced band 6/7 acting within your professional boundaries and willing to develop your skills. As a Breast CNS you will play a vital role in delivering specialised nursing care to the patients with Breast conditions.

You will have excellent communication skills both verbally and in written. You will be proactive in ensuring that your clinical expertise is up to date to contribute as a role model to the service. The post holder will be a member of the Trust's Breast team and undertake the role of the CNS supporting and facilitating the patient's journey. You would be working in a collaborative manner, providing clear decision making skills in consultation with medical and nursing staff.

The post holder will ensure that they always protect and promote patient safety. You would effectively liaise with multidisciplinary teams and service maintaining a good rapport to ensure excellent working relationships are maintained with other departments.

For those who may not yet fully meet the criteria, we are also open to offering this role as a developmental post at Band 6. In this case, you will undertake a structured training, academic, and professional development pathway, designed to enable progression to Band 7.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team within Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust. The post holder will acknowledge and provide the overall responsibility for the provision of specialist nursing advice and support to patients and families, in-patient and out-patient, throughout their care pathway.

• Demonstrate personal strength and effectiveness with professional behaviour under stressful and difficult situations.

• Registered Nurse, 1st level with current NMC Registration
• Counselling Skills Training

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience as a registered nurse with recent experience within Breast Cancer or oncology

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£45,953 to £62,652 a year inclusive