Job summary
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We are seeking an exceptional and experienced nurse to become a Nurse Consultant within the Breast Cancer oncology team. The role will support the Breast Cancer Oncology Services, working as an increasingly independent practitioner responsible for patient treatment and holistic patient centred care.

As a Nurse Consultant you will provide high level of expert clinical advice and leadership, support and deliver education and professional development and assist in research and quality improvement projects.

Working alongside clinical colleagues, the successful individual will reduce waiting times to see specialist oncology practitioners, provide resilience to the service and improve patient experience.

This is a very exciting opportunity for an individual with a passion for patient care in the Breast-oncology setting.

• Interview Date Tuesday 24 November 2026
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job
You will need to be passionate about providing high quality patient care in this exciting and rewarding area. You will join an innovative team of oncologists, ACPs, pharmacists and specialist nurses, delivering non-surgical oncology treatments in a tertiary centre.

You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and be able to prioritise a complex workload. You will take pride in your work, be self-motivated, professional, proactive and personally resilient. In addition, have a flexible approach, good organisational skills, and excellent attention to detail. You will be passionate as a lifelong, self-directed learner in this rapidly developing and exciting specialty. You will have opportunities to lead service changes to improve performance and patient care.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected demonstrate leadership and act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate trust values and core behaviours.

About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a clinical expert in their respective field and will fulfil the 4 domains of the NMAHP Consultant function:

• Advanced and expert level practice within the relevant field
• Leadership and consultancy
• Development and provision of education and training
• Service development, evaluation, research and audit

Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP
• Current NMC/HCPC registration
• Possession of a master's degree or established on pathway and able to provide evidence of academic achievement at this level
• Evidence of post graduate specialist education related to area of clinical expertise

Desirable

• Possession of or working towards a Doctorate

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Evidence of Supervision and assessment in practice
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Highly developed advanced specialist in field and applies theory to practice
• Has expert knowledge in practice, research, education, and leadership in specialist area and within the field of your profession
• Extensive experience of clinical work in specialist area
• Audit / research experience
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience in the specialist field
• Experience of contributing to the development of your profession at a regional / national level

Desirable

• Experience / evidence of professional leadership in relation to their service at a regional and/or national level

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Good IT skills
• Effective report writing skills
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work in a rapidly changing environment
• Acts autonomously and independently within appropriate organisational boundaries and achieve results and outcomes based on own decision making
• Is able to assimilate risk / benefits and rationalise decision based on extensive knowledge, skills & experience
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids

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.

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.

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