Associate Metastatic Breast Cancer CNS

Are you passionate about making a real difference in patient care? We're looking for an experienced Nurse to provide leadership and guidance within the Metastatic Breast Cancer specialty. In this role, you'll be a trusted source of knowledge and support for patients, their families, and carers, as well as a key resource for our multi-professional team.

You'll play a vital part in coordinating care, ensuring patients experience seamless support throughout their journey. Your insight and expertise will help shape and develop our service to meet the evolving needs of the people we care for.

This is a great opportunity to demonstrate your experience, lead with confidence, and share your knowledge through education and mentorship. You'll also drive improvements in care standards through audits and research, and carry out specialist clinical procedures within your scope of practice.

No Sponsorship is available for this Role

PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE A DEVELOPMENTAL ROLE LEADING TO A BAND 7

Main duties of the job

JOB SUMMARY - About the Role

To act as a key worker for Metastatic Breast cancer patients.

To provide clinical leadership and expertise in Metastatic Breast cancer by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.

To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient's care pathway.

To be pivotal in review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.

To demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of the Metastatic Breast cancer, exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice.

To monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research.

Carry out clinical procedures (diagnostic and treatment based) within the remit of the specialist role.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 a year

Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-NM-CAN-SO-0963

Job locations

Southend

Southend Hospital, prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Metastatic Breast Nurse Specialist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.We look forward to your application.

No Sponsorship is available for this Role

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Metastatic Breast Nurse Specialist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.We look forward to your application.

No Sponsorship is available for this Role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register

Desirable

• Post registration qualification relevant to the specialism
• Mentor Preparation Programme or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Two years post- registration Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Desirable

• Previous Band 6 experience working in an acute healthcare setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register

Desirable

• Post registration qualification relevant to the specialism
• Mentor Preparation Programme or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Two years post- registration Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Desirable

• Previous Band 6 experience working in an acute healthcare setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Southend Hospital, prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Southend Hospital, prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Metastatic Breast Nurse Specialist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.We look forward to your application.

No Sponsorship is available for this Role

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register

Desirable

• Post registration qualification relevant to the specialism
• Mentor Preparation Programme or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Two years post- registration Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Desirable

• Previous Band 6 experience working in an acute healthcare setting