The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 03 May 2026

Job summary

To be professionally accountable for the delivery of standards of professional practice and behaviours as set by the Nursing & Midwifery Council.

To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

To promote public health and well-being.

To be accountable for :Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice.

Enhancing the patient's experience.

Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives.

Efficient and effective use of resources

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, committed individual with a background in colorectal, surgical or cancer nursing. This post is for a Band 6 Colorectal Clinical NurseSpecialist (CNS) role . This is an exciting time as we develop new and innovative services for our colorectal patients. You must be innovative, enthusiastic and an excellent team player. You will join a team of specialist nurses providing specialist nursing care for patients undergoing colorectal cancer treatments including stoma surgery and take part in the 2 week fast track triage service.

Commitment to both the ongoing developments within the colorectal nursing team and your professional development as a clinical nurse specialist are crucial. You will be expected to exercise a degree of professional autonomy and make critical judgments using advanced knowledge and skills to provide the highest standard of patient care. You will have clinical responsibilities and will need to be an effective and supportive role model with the ability to work in a flexible yet organised manner.

You will be educated to degree level with relevant experience within the specialty and have excellent communication skills.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

225-DIV1-7858799

Job locations

Wolverhampton

Wednesfield Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure a high standard of safe clinical care and record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, national legislation and local standards.

Take personal responsibility for actions and omissions, and fully recognise personal accountability.

Practise within an ethical framework based upon dignity and respect for the well-being and safety of patients and clients.

Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence based practice within own work area.

Contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols, standards, policies and clinical guidelines within own work area.

Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, patient feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.

Promote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection prevention, clinical governance, including risk management and critical incident reporting and root cause analysis.

Demonstrate effective communication within the multi-professional team regarding patient care.

Undertake interventional procedures with appropriate consent.

Assess the risks involved in the care of patients and ensure utilisation of practices and protocols to minimise those risks, including safe use of medical devices.

Report incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and take effective action to minimise future risk.

Provide specialist advice to own and other professions on therapeutic interventions and clinical practice.

Implement practices that are appropriate to patient and service need through in-depth knowledge, implications of and applying epidemiological, demographic, social, political and professional trends and developments.

Lead by example, develop self and other staff, and influence the way care is given in a manner that is innovative, open and responds to individual needs.

Provide clinical supervision to other staff.

Work harmoniously and effectively with colleagues, patients and clients and their carers, families and friends, seeking advice from senior practitioners as necessary.

Practise within the scope of personal professional competence and extend this scope as appropriate to service needs.

Delegate aspects of care to others and accept responsibility and accountability for such delegation.

Participate in peer review of own practice.

Day to day supervision/training of staff/students.

Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and apply the information when seeking to improve practice.

To assess individuals holistically using a range of different assessment methods, use physical examination skills, order diagnostic tests for client group.

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please see full job description and personal specification.