About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and forward-thinking Lung Cancer Screening Support Nurse to join our expanding multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving early detection, supporting high-risk individuals, and delivering personalised care to people affected by lung cancer.
You will work at the forefront of targeted lung health interventions, supporting patients through screening pathways, diagnostic investigations, and onward referral. Your expertise will help reduce health inequalities, promote prevention, and ensure that every person receives timely, high-quality, evidence-based care.
If you're passionate about targeted health interventions, early diagnosis, and delivering exceptional patient-centred care, we'd love to hear from you. This is your opportunity to help shape a service that saves lives and transforms outcomes for our community.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist nursing expertise across the Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) pathway. Undertake holistic assessments, risk evaluations, and personalised support for individuals identified through screening. Act as a key point of contact for patients, families, and carers, offering clear information, emotional support, and guidance. Work collaboratively with respiratory physicians, radiologists, cancer nurse specialists, and primary care colleagues. Support shared decision-making and promote smoking cessation, health improvement, and early intervention. Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives. Participate in MDT meetings and ensure seamless coordination of care. Maintain accurate clinical documentation and uphold the highest standards of professional practice.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Proven post registration experience with proven experience in specialist field A broad range of experience working with respiratory patients and their families who have complex psychosocial needs Experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practice
Desirable
Can demonstrate evidence of leading service development, implementing change, audit and research
Qualifications Essential
RGN (level 1) with NMC Evidence of relevant post registration study Evidence of studying at a minimum of level 3 (first degree) Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
Teaching/mentor training Leadership qualification Advanced communication skills course
Knowledge Essential
Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of own patient group IT competent
Desirable
Clinical knowledge of respiratory illness
Skills Essential
Able to communicate disease, treatment, and related information to patients, carers and others Able to communicate complex/sensitive/technical information, clearly and with empathy in a variety of settings Ability to organise, prioritise and co-ordinate your own workload and work autonomously Car owner/driver and willing to travel within the remit of the service needs (community setting and hospital setting)
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)