Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Facilitator

Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Facilitator

The closing date is 02 July 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse or Allied Health Professional who is passionate about delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care. If you’re looking for a rewarding and challenging role, have a positive outlook, and are committed to supporting people living with and affected by cancer, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

As a Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Facilitator you will join a dedicated team providing personalised information and support to anyone affected by cancer. You will empower individuals to navigate the health and social care system, offering tailored guidance and signposting to enhance holistic wellbeing.

This role covers both of our Macmillan Information & Support sites within Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:
Kings Mill Hospital and Newark YMCA Community & Activity Village.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to ensure outstanding patient care, while also collaborating externally with Macmillan, local charities, community organisations and support groups.

This is a Macmillan‑funded post with confirmed funding until December 2027, supporting the trial of a new community‑based Macmillan Cancer Information & Support Centre. If funding is discontinued beyond this period, the postholder may be at risk of redeployment within the organisation.

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs -

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

• Good knowledge of cancer and its management across the whole pathway
• Organisational skills with ability to problem solve
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and the implications of this on engagement
• Broad and in-depth knowledge of information and support needs of cancer patients
• Knowledge of healthcare, community and voluntary sectors relating to service provision for people affected by cancer

• Registered Health Professional
• Evidence of degree level learning
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Counselling training
• Coaching experience
• Advanced communication skills training
• Level 2 psychological support training

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to use a wide range of IT systems and social media platforms
• Ability to demonstrate an empathetic approach towards people affected by cancer
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present complex and sensitive information to service users
• Ability to exercise initiative
• Effective time management, planning and organisational skills
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to…