Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Basingstoke, RG24 9NAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and supportive Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Founda...
- Working autonomously to provide specialist care and support for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, ensuring care is delivered in line with national and local standards.
- Triaging suspected prostate cancer referrals within the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) pathway and supporting the straight-to-test service.
- Acting as a patient key worker and supporting nurse-led new diagnosis results clinics.
- Managing a caseload of patients with locally advanced prostate cancer.
- Supporting the delivery of a seven-day service, where applicable, and participating in service development initiatives.
- Working collaboratively with the wider urology nursing team, multidisciplinary team (MDT), cancer services and specialist palliative care teams to ensure seamless patient care.
- High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of the patients experience of care when referred from clinical oncology or urology.
- Assess, plan, and implement any change in treatments, investigations, or onward referrals as necessary. Dependant on disease progression or related side effects.
- Exercise clinical judgement relating to individuals complex care needs, including those where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills, comparing a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.
- Specialised clinical practice, knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Leading by example
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Essential
Essential: - Evidence of management skills within current banding
Interest in field of prostate cancer
Essential: - Evidence of reading around specialism
Desirable: - Working within field of prostate cancer as a band 6
Qualified Nurse
Essential: - Achieved entry to NMC register and studied at degree level or equivalent qualification
Managing own workload
Essential: - Evidence of managing own workload, and participation in service redesigns.
Understanding the role of a clinical nurse specialist:
Essential: - Shows understanding of the core skills of a CNS
Desirable: - Can demonstrate autonomous practice
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First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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