We have a large team of clinical nurse specialists and key workers who support patients of all ages throughout their pathway.
| Nurse Consultant |
I am a Macmillan Nurse Consultant for Cancer and Supportive Care. As the Lead Cancer Nurse at RNOH and the Sarcoma Clinical Lead I am responsible for the quality and development of cancer services. I am the nurse representative on the Sarcoma Advisory Group.
I am a highly experienced cancer nurse and I support patients and families throughout their care. I manage nurse led clinics for patients referred with a suspected sarcoma and a follow up clinic supporting patients after cancer treatment. I have studied at Diploma, Degree and Master’s level.
Days of work: 09.00-17.00 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Contact details:
0203 947 0458 julie.
Sarcoma nursing team secretary: Mitika Nandha 0208 909 5878 m.
| Advanced Nurse Practitioners |
My primary role is to clinically assess and initiate investigations for people who have been referred by their GP with a suspected sarcoma. I perform a telephone clinic for those whose results exclude a sarcoma and can be discharged back to the GP. I also provide follow-up for people who have completed treatment for soft tissue sarcoma and require surveillance.
I have completed a BSc Oncology Nursing, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Expert Practice.
Contact Details:
0203 947 0458 joannecoleman
Sarcoma nursing team secretary: Mitika Nandha 0208 909 5878 m.
I work as part of the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist team, my role is to ensure we facilitate a smooth pathway for patients referred into the service via GPs with symptoms related to a suspected sarcoma. I run weekly clinics reviewing patients and ordering any initial necessary diagnostic investigations. If concerns for malignancy are excluded, patients attend my discharge clinic and are given advice regarding where their symptoms can be more appropriately managed.
| Adult Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) |
I’m part of the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist team. My role is to provide support and information to patients and their families throughout their sarcoma journey.
I have been working with oncology patients since 2014 and this has allowed me to improve my knowledge and experience in this area. I have also developed an interest in palliative care and symptom control.
Contact details:
020 3447 2527
I am one of the nurses in the Adult Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist team. My role involves meeting patients at diagnosis and guiding them through their cancer journey, including treatment and follow-up. I provide ongoing support to patients and their family.
I am an experienced cancer nurse with previous roles working on oncology wards and as a chemotherapy nurse.
I work as part of the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist team, providing support and information to patients and their families; ranging from information about their diagnosis through to treatment and follow up. I have extensive experience in cancer care, having always worked within this speciality.
Contact details:
020 3447 2527
I work within the London Sarcoma Service as one of the Adult Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialists.
I am an experienced cancer nurse with rich knowledge and skills acquired over the years having worked in various roles in oncology and haematology. Prior to taking up this role, I worked for many years at the Haematology/Oncology Day Care as a chemotherapy nurse and as a Clinical Practice Facilitator on the oncology wards. I have also benefitted from several professional training courses at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and the Royal Marsden School to keep my knowledge and skills up to date.
As a key worker and advocate for patients, I act as the liaison between the patient and the wider MDT. This involves supporting patients and their families throughout their cancer journey from the day of diagnosis and throughout the treatment pathway. I have a special interest in palliative care as well as creating good connection with patients and their families at the very onset of the nurse-patient relationship.
Contact details:
020 3447 2527
I work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Young adults from 20 to 25 years old, who have a sarcoma diagnosis. I support them during diagnosis, treatment and beyond. My role involves being the main point of contact and I liaise with education, employers and other health professionals in order to meet their needs.
I also work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Teenage and Young Adults with cancer in a designated hospital, where I have set up the shared care service for patients 16 to 25 years old who are suffering from any type of cancer diagnosis.
I am currently working with the Operational Delivery Network to improve the service that we provide this patients with around the area of London and Essex.
I work as part of the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at RNOH. My role is to provide continued support and information to patients and families throughout the cancer treatment pathway and follow up. I have worked in Cancer Care since qualifying as a Nurse in 2016 and obtained a Graduate Diploma in Cancer Practice from The Royal Marsden.
Contact details:
0203 947 0458 lucy.
Sarcoma nursing team secretary: Mitika Nandha 0208 909 5878 m.
My role is to provide information and support to people who are diagnosed with cancer. I make contact with people pre-diagnosis, and give continued support throughout the treatment pathway and follow-up.
Previous to the Clinical Nurse Specialist role, I worked for many years as a senior nurse on an orthopaedic ward, specialising in the surgical treatment of sarcomas.
Contact details:
0203 947 0458 louise.
Sarcoma nursing team secretary: Mitika Nandha 0208 909 5878 m.
My role is to provide information and support to people who are diagnosed with cancer. I make contact with people pre-diagnosis, and give continued support throughout the treatment pathway and follow-up.
I have spent the past 5 years studying aspects surrounding palliative care, and have combined these courses to complete my degree.
Previous to the Clinical Nurse Specialist role, I worked for many years as a senior nurse on an orthopaedic ward, specialising in the surgical treatment of sarcomas.
Contact details:
0203 947 0458 nicolawillis
Sarcoma nursing team secretary: Mitika Nandha 0208 909 5878 m.
I work as part of the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at RNOH. My role is to provide continued support and information to patients and families throughout the cancer pathway and follow up.
Previous to the clinical specialist role, I obtained an Adult Nursing degree in 2017 and I have worked as a nurse on orthopaedic wards and outpatients that specialise in the surgical treatment of Sarcomas.
Contact details: 0208 909 5880/0208 909 5878
| Paediatric, Teenage and Young Adult Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) |
I work with patients aged 13- 19 years old with sarcoma, in an inpatient, in clinic and within an ambulatory care setting. I work as a key worker with teenagers and their families and support them from diagnosis and through their cancer journey.
I have an interest in psychological support for teenager and their families and am setting up a mindfulness group for teenagers and young adults who are off treatment. I am involved with the bereavement support network for parents and families.
Contact details:
07852 221150 caroline.
I work with children and teenagers with cancer up to 18 years old. My role is to provide information and support to children and their families, and to offer support and education to other professionals caring for this group of patients. I make contact pre diagnosis and continue to support through treatment and follow up.
I qualified as a paediatric nurse in 2010 and have worked in paediatric inpatients, high dependency care, accident & emergency, nurse education and community nursing prior to joining the RNOH in 2020.
I have undertaken several post graduate modules including children’s high dependency care, management of children’s pain and children’s spinal & orthopaedic nursing.
I work with children and teenagers up to the age of 18 years old at RNOH. My role is to provide information to children and their families and to offer support and education to other professionals caring for this patient group. I make contact pre diagnosis and continue to support through treatment and follow up.
I qualified as a paediatric Nurse in 2020 and have worked on the paediatric inpatient ward that specialises in the diagnostic and surgical treatment of patients with various orthopaedic and soft tissue sarcomas.
I have undertaken a continuous professional development module in childhood cancer.
Contact details: 02089095765
anne.gachie1@nhs.net
| Specialist Radiographer |
I work within the radiotherapy department at University College London Hospital, following sarcoma patients throughout their radiotherapy pathway and providing information and support during this time.
Previous to this role, I worked for six years as Senior Therapeutic Radiographer within the department and gained a vast amount of experience in treating sarcoma patients.
My research interests centre on patient experience and evaluating patient pathways and I recently completed an MSc in Oncology Practice.
| Occupational Therapy |
I am an Occupational Therapist working within the Personalised Cancer Care team at RNOH. My role is to provide holistic care and goal orientated rehabilitation to support people living with sarcoma return to tasks that are important to them after surgery. I graduated as an Occupational Therapist in 2012 and have been specialising in orthopaedic oncology rehabilitation for the past 7 years at RNOH.