Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Trust Lead SACT Nurse & Matron for Oncology Outpatients
The closing date is 16 November 2026

Job summary
Are you an experienced cancer nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference and shape the future of cancer care? We are delighted to offer an opportunity to join our Senior Clinical Leadership Team as Trust Lead Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Nurse and Matron for Oncology Outpatients. This is a permanent Band 8a position, offering 37.5 hours per week, and is a Macmillan-badged post with access to valuable support and educational funding to support your continued professional development.

This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational and forward-thinking clinical leader to provide visible, proactive and effective professional leadership, championing the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. You will play a key role in ensuring that patients remain at the heart of everything we do, driving improvements in the patient experience and promoting the highest standards of clinical practice. Working closely with the Lead Nurse, Directorate Management Team, cancer wards and units, and Cancer Networks, you will lead and influence local and Trust-wide initiatives, providing strategic nursing leadership for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) across the Trust. This is an excellent opportunity to shape services, empower teams, influence strategic developments and make a lasting difference to the experience and outcomes of people affected by cancer.

Main duties of the job
Post holder provides clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing and multi professional team across cancer services. This role includes acting as a clinical leader and an expert practitioner; liaising, guiding and advising the multidisciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of outstanding patient care.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development of training resources, the mentoring and supporting of junior staff across cancer services, this includes leading the strategy for teaching and assessing for sign off in the administration of anti-cancer treatments across Trust.

To foster a culture of incident reporting and responding to incidents, reflection, equal opportunity, openness, mutual respect between the professions and professional development within the unit.

Participate in and support the development of nursing research and audit where appropriate both locally and Trust wide. Ensure that findings are disseminated and recommendations implemented and monitored.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year pa inclusive
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 290-SCCS-2412
Job locations: Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification
Education/ qualifications

• Essential: NMC registration and a post registration qualification(s) in area of practice or relevant speciality at level 7 (Cancer)
• Essential: Degree level study and postgraduate qualification applicable to cancer care. e.g. Chemotherapy/SACT
• Essential: Leadership and Management course(s)
• Desirable: Working towards MSc
• Desirable: Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

• Essential: Experience of leading and developing a team
• Essential: Experience in administration of SACT
• Essential: Experience of budget management
• Essential: Experience of audit and service development
• Desirable: Project management

Skills/knowledge/abilities

• Essential: Able to demonstrate advanced communication and teaching/assessing skills
• Essential: Excellent organisational skills and advanced ICT skills, including Microsoft office
• Essential: Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Essential: Ability to meet deadlines
• Desirable: Ability to design and deliver education programmes

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Macmillan Lead Nurse for Oncology, Vicky Kidner, vicky.kidner@nhs.net, 07353104663

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