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Job summary
Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse passionate about making a difference in cancer treatment. We ae looking for a dedicated professional to provide expert information and support, helping us deliver exceptional cancer care across all settings.
In this vital role, you will collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams across departments and organisations, ensuring seamless, patient centred care. You will offer tailored treatment information to empower patients to facilitate informed decision making, taking accountability for your professional practice with minimal supervision.
You will deliver specialist care to patients with UGI cancers and their families, across various care environments. Whether supporting inpatients, leading nurse-led clinics, supporting medically led clinics, your expertise will be crucial.
This role involves handling highly sensitive, complex, and sometimes contentious information. Your ability to anticipate communication barriers, understand influencing factors and proactively seek solutions will be essential in ensuring clear, compassionate communication and optimal patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dedicated Senior Cancer Nurse to support patients with UGI and occasionally HPB cancers throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway, serving as their trusted keyworker, Part time, 15 hours per week.
In this pivotal role, you will not only provide expert patient support but also lead on education and training initiatives for colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous professional growth. Your expertise will contribute to service development through report writing, data collection, audits, and strategic planning.
Key responsibilities include, UGI nurse led clinics, to include triage of patients referred on a suspected UGI cancer pathway, supporting compliance with personalised care.
If you are a proactive leader with a passion for improving cancer services and empowering patients, we'd love to hear from you.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Details
Date posted
01 November 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
236-MED-NM225-26
Job locations
Royal Oldham Hospital
Rochdale Road
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL1 2JH
United Kingdom
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