Job summary
Are you a dynamic and compassionate nurse looking to make a real difference in cancer diagnostics? We are seeking a highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Upper GI Triage Assessment Team at King's Mill Hospital.
About the Role:
As a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), you will provide expert clinical support and guidance to patients referred to the Upper GI triage service. You will play a vital role in shaping and delivering the patient pathway, ensuring timely and effective care in line with Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) and Referral to Treatment (RTT) targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver specialist nursing advice to patients and colleagues across the diagnostic pathway.
- Use advanced clinical assessment and communication skills to support patients and ensure all relevant information is available to the MDT.
- Interpret clinical investigations and determine appropriate next steps, including discharge, GP referral, or escalation to specialist services.
- Support the implementation of evidence-based diagnostic protocols, including Straight to Test (STT) pathways.
- Collaborate with professionals across primary, secondary, and tertiary care to ensure seamless patient care.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements and Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registered Nurse
- Significant relevant post registration experience in cancer/surgical/endoscopy nursing.
- Evidence of teaching experience, either formally or in informal settings
- Evidence of recent continuous personal and professional development
Desirable
- First level degree in related subject
- Evidence of Masters Level learning or willing to work towards relevant Masters level studies.
- UGI disease (including cancer), endoscopy and/ or surgical nursing experience.
Skills and Effort required
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently and within a GI Nursing team & MDT
- Teaching/assessment and presentation skills
- Good organisational skills with attention to detail
- Exemplar written communication skills
- Patient centred approach
- Diplomatic
- Calm and objective, assertive, confident, yet approachable
- Personally and professionally mature
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Able to travel between sites
- Flexible to change in demands of service
- Willingness to travel and participate in professional development initiatives
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
Desirable
- Evidence of implementing changes within practice
- Audit and research initiatives
- User involvement Sharing best practice
- Leadership and motivational skills
- History taking and physical assessment skills
- Advanced clinical decision-making skills involving the patient's informed choices
- Able to clearly dictate summary letters to the patients and GP
- Computer literate
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS operational and strategic issues and their impact on upper GI services
- Understanding and knowledge of common gastroenterology and symptoms/ conditions/ disease processes
- Knowledge and understanding of primary care referral processes
- Knowledge and understanding of UGI cancer pathways including 2ww and 18ww routes
- Sound knowledge and understanding of diagnostic pathways for suspected UGI Cancer
- Knowledge of Endoscopy & CTC procedures and bowel preparation
- Knowledge of MDT working
Desirable
- Experience of audit and research
- Evidence of sound organisation, leadership and management
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements and Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registered Nurse
- Significant relevant post registration experience in cancer/surgical/endoscopy nursing.
- Evidence of teaching experience, either formally or in informal settings
- Evidence of recent continuous personal and professional development
Desirable
- First level degree in related subject
- Evidence of Masters Level learning or willing to work towards relevant Masters level studies.
- UGI disease (including cancer), endoscopy and/ or surgical nursing experience.
Skills and Effort required
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently and within a GI Nursing team & MDT
- Teaching/assessment and presentation skills
- Good organisational skills with attention to detail
- Exemplar written communication skills
- Patient centred approach
- Diplomatic
- Calm and objective, assertive, confident, yet approachable
- Personally and professionally mature
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Able to travel between sites
- Flexible to change in demands of service
- Willingness to travel and participate in professional development initiatives
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
Desirable
- Evidence of implementing changes within practice
- Audit and research initiatives
- User involvement Sharing best practice
- Leadership and motivational skills
- History taking and physical assessment skills
- Advanced clinical decision-making skills involving the patient's informed choices
- Able to clearly dictate summary letters to the patients and GP
- Computer literate
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS operational and strategic issues and their impact on upper GI services
- Understanding and knowledge of common gastroenterology and symptoms/ conditions/ disease processes
- Knowledge and understanding of primary care referral processes
- Knowledge and understanding of UGI cancer pathways including 2ww and 18ww routes
- Sound knowledge and understanding of diagnostic pathways for suspected UGI Cancer
- Knowledge of Endoscopy & CTC procedures and bowel preparation
- Knowledge of MDT working
Desirable
- Experience of audit and research
- Evidence of sound organisation, leadership and management
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
