Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialist

Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 30 June 2026

As an Immunotherapy clinical nurse specialist you will be providing expert care, advice, and support to patients and their families/carers undergoing immunotherapy treatment.

Main duties of the job

• Developing the immunotherapy service and associated policies.
• Become the subject matter expert on immunotherapy.
• Improve patient experience in the specialist area.
• Be the lead for immunotherapy education and training.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, and innovative practice.
• Run immunotherapy clinics; independent prescribing preferred.
• Co-ordination of care.

Job responsibilities

• Develop the immunotherapy service.
• Lead immunotherapy management across the Trust.
• Lead service development to improve patient experience.
• Lead immunotherapy education and training.
• Be an expert clinical practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and autonomy while working with the MDT.
• Assess, manage, deliver, and coordinate the plan of care for patients utilising effective and efficient use of resources.
• Demonstrate advanced practice in holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within your speciality; receive direct referrals and ensure appropriate care for a caseload of patients.
• Plan and manage your caseload and the workload of the service, flexibly ensuring service provision meets patient needs.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, innovative practice in relevant specialist area; maintain nursing documentation reflecting advanced practice.
• Prescribe, as a qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber, within the scope of your practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of clinical trials related to the specialist area.
• Identify audit/research opportunities with the team, source funding, and initiate projects.
• Understand and accept the parameters of the role, working within scope of practice, and agree changes if needed.
• Refer to other disciplines when outside your expertise and seek advice as required.
• Act as a source of advice and knowledge for patients, carers and healthcare professionals within and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration.
• Post Registration Specialist Qualification.
• Have or be working towards a relevant Degree Qualification.
• Continuous personal and professional development.
• Leadership experience/management training.
• Completion of UKONS SACT Passport and evidence of SACT/immunotherapy competency.
• Counselling Skills Training.
• Post Registration Teaching Qualification.
• MSc/Post Graduate Diploma.
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber.

Experience

• Ability to respond to psychosocial and spiritual issues.
• Experience in Oncology and Haematology.
• Experience of working in a multi-professional environment.
• Ability to advise on complex symptom management.
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Ability to initiate and manage change through transformation.
• Previous experience as a specialist nurse.
• Extensive experience post- registration.
• Band 6/7 experience.
• Post Graduate Certificate Ed.
• Audit/Research Skills.
• Physical Assessment Skills.

Skills

• Knowledge of local and national initiatives relating to immunotherapy/SACT treatments.
• Evidence of good multi-disciplinary liaison skills.
• Demonstrated teaching experience and skills.
• Ability to work hours flexibly.
• Assertive, confident but approachable.
• Knowledge or skills in caring for patients within the cancer setting.
• Confidence to adapt to an evolving and changing service.

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.

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata

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