Lead Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

Lead Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist focuses on supporting people with care, daily routines, clinical tasks, or wellbeing according to the role remit.

What the role involves

• Supporting people with care, daily routines, clinical tasks, or wellbeing according to the role remit.
• Follow safeguarding, medication, documentation, or care-plan requirements where they apply.

Skills and requirements

• The ability to work independently and facilitate respectful team working across local and regional professional boundaries is essential.

Confirmed role details

• As from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week.
• However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
• Permanent: 22.5hrs (shared job).

Candidate fit

• The post is based within Borders Macmillan Centre, Borders General Hospital, where opportunities for continuing professional development are supported.

Additional role context

• Care and Compassion.
• Openness, honesty and responsibility.
• Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist.