Cancer Awareness Bank Nurse – East England; Registered Adult Nurse

CANCER AWARENESS BANK NURSE – EAST ENGLAND (REGISTERED ADULT NURSE)

Apply for the Cancer Awareness Bank Nurse – East England (Registered Adult Nurse) role at Cancer Research UK (CRUK).

• Salary: £26 per hour
• Reports to: Cancer Awareness Nurse Managers – Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW)
• Department: Policy, Information and Communications
• Location: Home-based within the East of England, ideally in Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire. Covers outskirts of London (including central), parts of Essex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire.
• Employment type: Casual Worker
• Working hours: Minimum of 8 shifts per year, average 8-48 shifts depending on availability. May include weekends, evenings, nights.
• Closing date: Sunday 28 December 2025, 23:55
• Interviews: Week commencing 5 January 2026
• Eligibility: Must be eligible to work in the UK. No visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. We need talent that shares our vision. We are looking for a Bank Nurse to join our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW) team. The role provides vital contingency cover for our nurse-led face-to-face cancer awareness and health promotion activity across the UK.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, especially those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

• Face-to-face delivery of the latest cancer prevention and early detection information in an appropriate and relevant way
• Delivering face to face cancer awareness activities for people at their place of work with our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team – typically health information stands and occasionally short presentations
• Providing cover on the Cancer Awareness Roadshow, working alongside a small team to engage the public in indoor and outdoor community settings through individual face-to-face conversations
• Supporting other cancer awareness activities and Cancer Research UK events
• Representing Cancer Research UK in a positive and professional way and ensuring that all information shared is in line with CRUK’s core messages
• Collecting and inputting data for evaluation purposes and contributing to other general feedback
• Ensuring familiarity with local stats and local health information sheets to tailor activity and enable effective signposting to local services

• Registered Adult Nurse – NMC registration mandatory and must always be maintained
• An interest or experience in health promotion, practice nursing, occupational health, health visiting, district/community nursing or related qualification/experience
• Excellent verbal communication skills – ability to engage people in conversation and use motivational interviewing techniques while ensuring accuracy of information conveyed
• Strong oral presentation skills, with ability to convey clear and accurate information confidently and pitched appropriately for the audience
• Clear, demonstrable understanding of boundaries and the importance of always adhering to data protection and other compliance policies
• Experience in delivering public-facing work, with a good understanding of challenges associated with engaging hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities
• Excellent written, administrative, and organising skills with ability to keep accurate confidential records
• Willingness to travel, including occasional unsocial hours work or overnight stays

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities, high-quality tools, policies and processes.

Our benefits include a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on travel and technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and recognise individual performance and achievements. We actively encourage a flexible working culture. Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.