Cancer Awareness Bank Nurse - East England

CANCER AWARENESS BANK NURSE - EAST ENGLAND (REGISTERED ADULT NURSE)

Salary: £26 per hour

Reports to: Cancer Awareness Nurse Managers - Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW)

Department: Policy, Information and Communications

Location: Home-based within the East of England, ideally in Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire. This role will cover the outskirts of London (including central), extending to parts of Essex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.

Employment type: Casual Worker

Working hours: We expect to offer a minimum of 8 shifts per year, but the average is between 8 and 48 shifts dependent on availability and willingness to travel. Hours will be arranged by the Cancer Awareness in the Workplace Team (CAW) on an ad hoc basis. Typical working days vary and may occasionally include weekends, evening, or night work from time to time.

Closing date: Sunday 28 December 2025, 23:55.

Interviews: Week commencing 5 January 2026.

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

We are looking for a Bank Nurse to join our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW) team. You'll join a team of Bank Nurses that provides vital contingency cover where needed to Cancer Research UK's nurse-led face-to-face cancer awareness and health promotion activity across the UK.

In this role, you'll inform and empower people to make positive changes for their health and promote early diagnosis through providing face-to-face information in hard-to-reach audiences.

What will I be doing?

• Face-to-face delivery of the latest cancer prevention and early detection information in an appropriate and relevant way
• Delivering face to face cancer awareness activities for people at their place of work with our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team - typically health information stands and occasionally short presentations
• Providing cover on the Cancer Awareness Roadshow, working alongside a small team to engage the public in indoor and outdoor community settings through individual face-to-face conversations
• Supporting other cancer awareness activities and Cancer Research UK events
• Representing Cancer Research UK in a positive and professional way and ensure that all information shared is in line with CRUK's core messages
• Responsible for collecting and inputting data for evaluation purposes and contributing to other general feedback
• Ensuring familiarity with local stats and local health information sheets to tailor activity and enable effective signposting to local services.

What skills are you looking for?

• Registered Adult Nurse - NMC registration is mandatory for this role and must always be maintained
• An interest in or experience of at least one of the following: health promotion, practice nursing, occupational health, health visiting, district/community nursing or other qualification/experience
• Excellent verbal communication skills - an ability to engage people in conversation and to use motivational interviewing techniques while ensuring accuracy of information conveyed
• Strong oral presentation skills, with the ability to convey clear and accurate information confidently and pitched appropriately for the audience
• A clear, demonstrable understanding of boundaries and of the importance and need for always adhering to data protection and other compliance policies
• Experience in delivering public-facing work, and a good understanding of the challenges associated with engaging hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities
• Excellent written, administration and organisation skills with the ability to keep accurate confidential records
• Willingness to travel, including occasional unsocial hours work or overnight stays.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us.

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