About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

NHS Lanarkshire Cancer Specialist Nursing Service is seeking applications from highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic registered nurses to join their team. Experienced registered nurses who are committed to providing quality evidence based breast cancer care, with a personal commitment to life-long learning aligned to the NES NMAHP framework and ACCEND, are welcomed to apply.

The role of the Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist is highly specialised providing comprehensive person centred cancer care across NHS Lanarkshire, which comprises of three district general hospitals. Coordination of the complex care needs of people with breast & colorectal cancer navigating their oncology pathways. The role supports the visiting consultant oncologists’ workload to provide a consistent and safe service, including prescribing and management of safe systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) aligned to WoSCAN SACT Competency framework and CEL30. The ACNS will be educated to or working towards non-medical prescribing and clinical assessment & decision making at level 11.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Develop advanced competence, innovation and leadership in the management and delivery of safe, effective person-centred care within own area of practice
• Role model exemplary facilitation and teaching skills and develop those skills in others
• Provide strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams/boundaries
• Acts as a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Healthcare practitioner with valid UK Registration (NMC / HCPC)
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Post graduate* expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Mhairi Simpson, Nurse Consultant Cancer Care on Mhairi.Simpson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on jessica.murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.