Breast CNS - Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 21 July 2026

Job summary
The Cambridge Breast Unit (CBU) is seeking an experienced and compassionate Band 7 Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our friendly and supportive team on a part-time basis. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality care across the breast cancer, oncoplastic reconstruction, and breast screening pathways. Working alongside our breast consultants and multidisciplinary team, you will support patients referred through suspected cancer pathways and breast screening services, advocate for patients in MDT discussions, and run independent nurse-led clinics requiring advanced clinical knowledge and autonomous decision-making. We are looking for a motivated professional with experience in breast surgery and wound management, excellent communication skills, and a patient-centred approach. The post is scheduled to work Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to support service delivery (reviewed annually). We welcome informal enquiries and visits to learn more about the role and meet the team.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures.
• Responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students.
• Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care.
• Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area.

About us
Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 21 July 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 03 Aug 2026

Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 1. Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
• 2. Post registration qualification in speciality
• 3. Evidence of continuous professional development.
• 4. Teaching qualification.
• 5. Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
• 6. Advanced clinical assessment

Desirable

• 1. Research Module
• 2. Masters Degree

Experience
Essential

• 1. Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills.
• 2. Accept personal accountability for own practice.
• 3. Experience of formal/informal teaching.
• 4. Experience of initiating change

Knowledge
Essential

• 1. Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• 2. Understanding of Clinical Governance.
• 3. Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this

Skills
Essential

• 1. Good verbal and written communication skills.
• 2. Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
• 3. Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues' needs.
• 4. Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
• 5. Leadership Skills.
• 6. Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management.
• 7. Effective interpersonal skills.
• 8. Ability to lead developments in practice.
• 9. Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
• 10. Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills.
• 11. Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly

Desirable

• 1. Advanced Communication Skills.

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 (opens in a new window).