198337 (GH) Clinical Nurse Specialist (Breast)

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

                                                  NHS LOTHIAN ACUTE DIVISION

                                                DEPARTMENT OF CANCER SERVICES

                                                            Edinburgh Breast Unit

                                               Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist- Band 6

                                                           Western General Hospital

                                                      37 hours per week - Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, appropriately experienced and  qualified nurse to join the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist team, working predominantly within the metastatic setting in Western General Hospital. The department provides symptomatic assessment, diagnosis of breast disease through to surgery/specialist plastic surgery, clinical and medical oncology to post treatment surveillance, providing specilaist management plan for patients with primary and secondary breast disease.

The successful applicant will be a first level registered nurse with experience in Oncology, surgical or Palliative Care and will the ability to work autonomously.

Further information and informal enquires regarding this post can be obtained from Kimberley Chand, Lead Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist Kimberley.Chand2@nhs.scot