Job responsibilities Provide specialist nursing support and advice to children and families with a cancer diagnosis across hospital and community setting. Manage a case load to ensure all children have a named specialist nurse and benefit from key worker elements of the role. Perform comprehensive assessment of the nursing needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs. Order and interpret investigations/results and take appropriate action. Prescribe and adjust doses for patients on oral maintenance chemotherapy. Actively participate in the development of care pathway, patient information and treatment protocols which reflect and endorse latest research findings. Promote the availability of psychosocial support and advice for families, utilising a counselling framework recognising the need to refer on to other services where appropriate. Actively partake in the development of clinical care pathways, patient information and treatment protocols which reflect and endorse latest research findings and good clinical practice. Participate in the coordination of transitional care at necessary time points.