Skin Cancer Specialist Nurse

Working alongside the current Band 7 CNS to support patients throughout their skin cancer pathway, acting as a patient advocate and providing holistic, person-centred care. Supporting patients during consultant appointments and delivering nurse-led services, including breaking bad news, cancer follow-up and assessment of new patients following appropriate dermoscopy training.

Providing psychological support, patient education and health promotion, coordinating investigations and scans, and maintaining oversight of the patient cohort to ensure continuity of care. Supporting and contributing to the skin cancer MDT, working collaboratively with MDT colleagues across East Anglian networks and developing effective partnerships with other local clinicians and services.

Main duties of the job

• Support and contribute to the development and promotion of the skin cancer nursing service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective care.
• Actively participate in and work alongside the multi-professional team to provide a professional service that meets the needs of patients diagnosed with skin cancer.
• Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. blood tests, CT/US scans and action appropriately within competence.
• Undertake and support holistic needs assessment of patients and carers to ensure appropriate and timely signposting.
• Ensure clinical leadership, education and support to other nursing staff caring for this client group.
• Develop strategies to identify and meet user’s support and information needs.
• Ensure a high quality service for patients with skin cancer including supportive care and psychological support.
• Provide specialist advice, support and education to skin cancer patients and their carers during treatment and follow up care.
• Discuss treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge and expertise and to act aspatients advocate in the multi-disciplinary team meetings and elsewhere.
• Accept delegated responsibility for the provision of professional and managerial leadership of the service.
• Assist in the development of nurse led initiatives as part of the service development to improve patient experience.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Qualifications/training and professional development

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
• Clinical psychology level 2 or willing to undertake
• IRMER training or willing to undertake within 2 months
• Masters degree in dermatology related subjects or willing to undertake

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

• Cancer Quality Surveillance Review
• Good understanding of clinical governance issues especially risk management and audit procedures, including evaluation

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience, but we also recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Stream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Perimenopause or Menopause
• Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Certificates of Sponsorship / Visa and Immigration

Although the salary for Band 3+posts is expected to meet the applicable UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) salary threshold from December 2026 and may therefore be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship, (subject to the immigration rules in force at the time of application) applicants are responsible for checking their own eligibility against the relevant immigration requirements. The availability of sponsorship and any visa application remain subject to UKVI rules and approval. If you are not eligible, any offer of employment already made may be withdrawn.

If you require sponsorship to work in this role including where you are currently sponsored, and wish to change employer, please review the Skilled Worker visa eligibility criteria before applying. Further information is available on the Government website:

The Trust reserves the right to review applications from former employees and may take previous employment history into account as part of the selection process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.