Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist. We are seeking a highly skilled GI Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our dedicated team at the Sutton site.
The GI CNS plays an important role in delivering effective, compassionate, and efficient specialist nursing care to patients with complex GI conditions and their families. You will work across medical oncology, clinical oncology, and surgical specialties, ensuring the patient remains at the centre of all aspects of care.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will:
- Deliver expert assessment, management, and support for patients and their families from diagnosis through all stages of disease.
- Act as a patient advocate, providing education, advice, and information to support informed decision-making.
- Lead nurse-led initiatives and contribute to service development, governance, and quality improvement, ensuring safe and high-quality pathways of care.
- Work autonomously while collaborating closely with consultants, AHPs, and wider multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless communication and care coordination.
- Support patients and their families with compassion and consistency, promoting a holistic approach to care.
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- Provide a clear focus for nursing, maintaining a highly visible and authoritative presence within the units, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care across all settings.
- Deliver expert assessment, management, and continuity of care for patients with gastrointestinal and neuroendocrine tumours, supporting them and their families from diagnosis through all stages of disease.
- Use advanced clinical judgement to plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised care, jointly developing assessment tools to ensure timely referral to appropriate specialists.
- Manage a personal caseload, acting as key worker where appropriate to coordinate care and ensure optimal liaison and continuity.
- Discuss all treatment options, including research-based interventions, with expertise and sensitivity, supporting informed decision-making while acting as a patient advocate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- Provide a clear focus for nursing, maintaining a highly visible and authoritative presence within the units, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care across all settings.
- Deliver expert assessment, management, and continuity of care for patients with gastrointestinal and neuroendocrine tumours, supporting them and their families from diagnosis through all stages of disease.
- Use advanced clinical judgement to plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised care, jointly developing assessment tools to ensure timely referral to appropriate specialists.
- Manage a personal caseload, acting as key worker where appropriate to coordinate care and ensure optimal liaison and continuity.
- Discuss all treatment options, including research-based interventions, with expertise and sensitivity, supporting informed decision-making while acting as a patient advocate.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Degree in Nursing (Adult)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post Registration qualification in cancer nursing
- Be willing to undertake Trust CNS role development programme or be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies
- Evidence of MSc level learning or working towards in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in GI oncology (medical, clinical and/or surgical) to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job
- Experience as a senior staff nurse in oncology nursing or higher
- Experience in chemotherapy administration or completed SACT passport
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in a range of cancer care settings
- Experience in clinical management
- Previous experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
- Experience in audit/research
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of good leadership qualities, including delegation, motivation, influencing skills and co-ordination of teams
- The ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken English to a wide range of people both internally and externally, often involving highly complex or sensitive information
- Presentation skills
- Ability to innovate and respond to change
- Ability to interpret and implement new policies into workplace procedures
- Evidence of commitment to patient & carer involvement in care
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues and risk management strategies
- Ability to make decisions, organise & prioritise
- Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
- Evidence of working well in a team
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation and motivate others
- Experience and ability to manage conflict situations
- Computer Literacy
Desirable
- Experience of disseminating work through presentation/publication
- Advanced communication skills
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Degree in Nursing (Adult)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post Registration qualification in cancer nursing
- Be willing to undertake Trust CNS role development programme or be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies
- Evidence of MSc level learning or working towards in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in GI oncology (medical, clinical and/or surgical) to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job
- Experience as a senior staff nurse in oncology nursing or higher
- Experience in chemotherapy administration or completed SACT passport
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in a range of cancer care settings
- Experience in clinical management
- Previous experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist
- Experience in audit/research
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of good leadership qualities, including delegation, motivation, influencing skills and co-ordination of teams
- The ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken English to a wide range of people both internally and externally, often involving highly complex or sensitive information
- Presentation skills
- Ability to innovate and respond to change
- Ability to interpret and implement new policies into workplace procedures
- Evidence of commitment to patient & carer involvement in care
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues and risk management strategies
- Ability to make decisions, organise & prioritise
- Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
- Evidence of working well in a team
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation and motivate others
- Experience and ability to manage conflict situations
- Computer Literacy
Desirable
- Experience of disseminating work through presentation/publication
- Advanced communication skills
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).
