Training position for Nurse Practitioner Breast Care Pathway

Are you the person who guides our breast cancer patients through their journey in the hospital?
We offer you the opportunity to follow the training to become a nurse practitioner and to help build the further development of our academic breast care pathway.

In this position, you will follow the Master Advanced Nursing Practice (MANP) at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. Upon successful completion, you will obtain the MSc master's degree and can register as a nurse practitioner in the field of expertise General Healthcare (AGZ).

You combine working and learning in an appointment of at least 32 hours per week. You typically work three days per week in your new role. One to two days per week are dedicated to on-site education and self-study.

During the training, you will develop into a nurse practitioner and work on the structure and coherence of care within the breast care pathway. You will deepen your knowledge in the guidance of patients and their loved ones throughout the entire care trajectory and learn how to further strengthen the collaboration between disciplines and between surgical and medical oncology.

The precise tasks, responsibilities, and authorities will be elaborated in consultation with the medical specialists and nurse practitioners within the care pathway. They will align with your learning phase, the requirements of the training, and the needs of the breast care pathway. This gives you the opportunity not only to grow in the role but also to help shape how that role is filled within the breast team.

After graduation, the intended perspective is a position as a nurse practitioner within the breast team. The final placement is dependent on the available budget and the decision-making regarding it at that time. In this role, in addition to patient care, you can contribute to, for example, quality improvement, innovation, education, or research.

Within our breast care pathway, we guide patients and their loved ones from referral through to the end of the (oncological) treatment and follow-up. During this period, they deal with various healthcare providers and choices. Good coordination and continuity are therefore essential, and in this regard, a nurse practitioner is indispensable!

The training position has a primary surgical focus. At the same time, we want to strengthen the collaboration with medical oncology. You will help develop the connection between both sides of breast care, so that patients and colleagues can rely on good handover and mutual coordination.

You will work in an academic environment collaborating with outpatient clinic staff, nurse practitioners, specialist nurses, medical specialists, and colleagues from the nursing department and day treatment unit.

Depending on education and experience, the salary is at least € 3,753 and at most € 5,314 gross per month for a full-time appointment. This salary is exclusive of irregularity allowances, holiday allowance, and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your gross annual salary.

This concerns an employment contract for the duration of the training up to and including graduation. 32 to 36 hours per week in accordance with article 2.4. & 2.4.4 Cao umc’s 2026-2027.

After appointment to the training position, you will start with onboarding within the breast care pathway and start the training in September 2027.

In the event of early termination or failure to complete the training, the old employment conditions & contract hours will apply again.

Guidance and training

During the training trajectory, you will be guided by an experienced nurse practitioner and a medical specialist within the care pathway. You will follow the MANP at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. The full study costs are financed by the hospital.

What do we offer you?

• A training position as a nurse practitioner within an academic oncological environment, starting in September 2027. Onboarding within the care pathway starts as soon as possible after appointment.

• An appointment of at least 32 hours per week.

• Guidance by a nurse practitioner and a medical specialist.

• A learning environment in which you gain experience within surgical oncology and help strengthen the collaboration with medical oncology.

• The intended perspective after graduation is a position as a nurse practitioner within the breast team. The final placement is dependent on the available budget and the decision-making regarding it at that time.

• After graduation and any final placement, an entry into scale 10M according to the CAO UMC.

Your location is the Oncology outpatient clinic. You usually work from 08:00 to 17:00. There are no weekend or on-call shifts.

At Maastricht UMC+, we ensure that you have everything to make your contribution to ultimate care. That includes the right employment conditions. Read here about what we offer you.

Have you become enthusiastic and want more information about the vacancy? We would love that! You can contact Robbert Nelissen, Head of BOHA & Oncology Outpatient Clinic, by telephone at 06-50014214 or by email at robbert.nelissen@mumc.nl.

For information about the application procedure, follow this link. General information about employment conditions and working at Maastricht UMC+ can be found here. Unable to find the answer to your question? Then contact the Recruitment team.

The interviews will be scheduled on very short notice in consultation. We will appoint a candidate following the application procedure before 1-11-2026.
Applications for this vacancy can be submitted up to and including October 23.

We recruit our candidates ourselves and do not work with external agencies for this vacancy.