Lead Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse

Main area Breast Grade Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave Cover) Hours Part time - 23.63 hours per week Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Royal University Hospital Town Orpington Salary £63,665 - £70,887 pro rata per annum including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

Fixed-Term Opportunity – 12-Month Maternity Leave Cover

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Lead Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Breast Cancer Service on a 12-month fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover.

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership to the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care throughout the breast cancer pathway. Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will lead service development, support the delivery of national cancer standards, oversee personalised cancer care and contribute to the continuous improvement of breast cancer services.

This is a senior clinical leadership role, combining advanced specialist practice with service development, governance, education and operational oversight to ensure patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care.

The Lead Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist will provide professional and clinical leadership to the Breast CNS team whilst delivering expert specialist nursing care to patients with breast cancer. The post holder will independently manage a complex caseload and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive coordinated, high-quality care throughout their cancer pathway.

The role is responsible for leading service improvement initiatives, supporting delivery of national cancer performance standards, overseeing personalised cancer care and contributing to clinical governance, education, audit and research. The post holder will also promote evidence-based practice, support workforce development and work across organisational boundaries to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering
high-quality patient care
; creating a great place to work
; leading pioneering research, innovation and education
; building strong and successful partnerships
; providing timely and efficient care
; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability
.

We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams…