Stavroula Chante

Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Stavroula Chante is originally from Greece and has been working in the NHS for more than 10 years, which has given her insight into different models of healthcare and made her more adaptable to country-specific culture and requirements. She currently works as the Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse within the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in the UK, which is a pivotal, strategic role that provides expert knowledge and support and involves the responsibility of improving patient outcomes and experiences by providing strong leadership and implementing changes across the cancer services within the organisation. She uses strengths like integrity and resilience, holding people to account while managing difficult situations. Within her role, she is committed to building sustainable, efficient, and effective services. She places great importance on diversity, equality, staff well-being, and support in all settings. This means for staff to be equally recognised, valued, respected, heard, and able to learn and develop. A few of the projects and strategies that she is currently working on are meant to address and subsequently minimise the health inequalities amongst the cancer patient cohort in the West Midlands region; establish a standardised educational approach for the cancer nursing workforce; address cancer workforce challenges and develop initiatives to assist with retention and job satisfaction; and foster a culture of research within the cancer nursing community.

As a Haematology Advanced Clinical Practitioner by background, she is also able to maintain her clinical skills by assessing, reviewing, and performing procedures for haematology patients, while working towards consenting and reviewing patients on cancer clinical trials, aiming to reach a Consultant Nurse level. She is also involved with academic responsibilities as a Senior Lecturer, Module Leader, and dissertation supervisor within Oxford Brookes University, providing teaching about haemato-oncology, chemotherapy, and bone marrow transplantation.

She is passionate and enthusiastic about empowering the cancer nursing workforce to maximise their potential and ensure that cancer patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care.

Updated: August 2024