Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Haematology Cancer Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 12 November 2026
Job summary
Haematology Cancer Nurse Specialist (Band 6 Secondment Opportunity) Develop your nursing career in a supportive specialist team and help make a difference to patients living with haematological cancer. An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join the Cancer Nursing Team at Whittington Health as a Band 6 Haematology Cancer Nurse Specialist.

This developmental role is ideal for an experienced nurse with a background in oncology, haematology, systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) or palliative care who is looking to develop specialist cancer nursing skills within a supportive and established multidisciplinary team.

Applications are welcomed from nurses with a range of clinical backgrounds who have a genuine interest in developing their skills and experience within haematology and cancer care. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting patients diagnosed with haematological cancers throughout their cancer pathway.

You will receive support and professional development from the cancer nursing team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse who is passionate about improving patient experience, delivering high-quality personalised cancer care, and developing their expertise within a specialist haemato-oncology service.

Main duties of the job
The haemato-oncology service at Whittington Health provides clinical care for patients with a range of haematological cancers. The unit offers outpatient services on the target pathway, diagnostic work up including bone marrow tests, and has a level 2b chemotherapy unit. The unit offers treatment for patients with lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myeloproliferative disorders including CML, and CLL, with acute leukaemia, more intensive chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant patients referred to UCLH. The service works closely with teams at UCLH for MDT advice and to refer patients for clinical trials. The haemato-oncology specialist nurse will provide specialist nursing advice and support under the guidance of the Consultant Haematologists and senior cancer nursing team, ensuring patients presenting with haematological cancers are provided with safe and effective care.

The post holder will work in partnership with clinical colleagues including the two lead haemato-oncology consultants, the chemotherapy team, palliative care, acute medicine, A & E, radiology and pathology to ensure high-quality continuity of care to patients with a haemato-oncology diagnoses and those suspected of having cancer requiring urgent interventions and care for complication of cancer and its treatment.

The post holder will work within the haematology multidisciplinary team ensuring patients who present with cancer have access to rapid haemato-oncology input.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year Per Annum Including HCAS
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-8402010
Job locations: Whittington Health NHS Trust, Archway, N19 5NF, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities: Please see JD. Applications are encouraged from experienced nurses from a variety of clinical specialties who are passionate about delivering high-quality cancer care and wish to develop a career within haematology.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• First level RGN registration
• Teaching qualification or experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Educated to degree level or working or working towards

Desirable

• Advanced communication skills training or willingness to undertake

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to manage own workload
• Effective communicator
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritise competing demands

Desirable

• People management skills/abilities
• Skills in SACT, cancer patient care

Knowledge and experience
Essential

• Experience caring for patients with cancer, haematology or palliative care needs
• Experience working within MDTs
• Experience supporting patients with complex care needs
• Experience undertaking audit or quality improvement activities

Desirable

• Evidence of developing and leading nurse-led clinics
• Practical experience of change management

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address: Whittington Health NHS Trust, Archway, N19 5NF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Macmillan Trust Lead Cancer Nurse, Gemma Sherley-Dale, gemma.sherley-dale@nhs.net

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