Upper GI Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

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The closing date is 29 January 2026

We are looking for an experienced nurse with an upper GI and oncological interest, for an exciting opportunity to join Bristol's regional Upper GI CNS Cancer service as a full time band 6 CNS, caring for patients across the southwest peninsular.

As a cancer clinical nurse specialist, you will support patients and families through their cancer diagnosis and treatment, within the Oesophago-gastric and Hepato-pancreato-biliary speciality.

You will gain skills and experience in communicating with the multi-professional teams within primary care and secondary care, across the network. Skilfully signposting to services and arranging care for our patients' and providing psychological support.

You will gain specialist knowledge in both UGI surgery and Oncology and participate in national research and conferences. You will participate in staff education and present patient cases at the cancer MDT (multidisciplinary meeting).

• Strong team worker
• Strong Organisational skills
• Office based & patient facing
• Clinical assessment skills and decision making
• Able to work in busy and high intensity clinical team

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

To give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted, please outline how you meet each of the criteria listed in the person specification.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
• Experience as preceptor / mentor
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
  
  Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken

• Current NMC Registration
• 1st Degree In nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
• Qualification in Teaching and Assessing
• Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others
• Knowledge of the national and local speciality specific issues
• IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Awareness of current national changed in nursing / NHS

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.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata for part time roles