Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal | and Hospital NHS Trust

An exciting and unique short-term opportunity has arisen for a highly Specialist Nurse to join our Colorectal team at the Community Diagnostic Centre, Hollinswood House. This is a fixed-term role covering maternity leave, offering the chance to make a real difference in patient care while developing your own skills in a fast‑paced, supportive environment.

• Provide a specialist nursing service to patients on the 62‑day suspected colorectal cancer pathway, supporting timely diagnosis and treatment in line with national standards.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner, proactively managing a caseload of patients, providing expert advice, and advocating across care settings and multidisciplinary teams.
• Play a key role in supporting new ways of working and ensuring the patient journey is as smooth and effective as possible.
• Assess potentially highly complex patients, plan, implement and review care within the out‑patient setting.
• Manage the urgent cancer pathway nurse‑led clinics, including the organisation of investigations, interventions and results as required.
• Serve as an independent practitioner supporting nurse‑led clinics as part of the 62‑day patient pathway.
• Liaise with other teams and dependants to ensure that patients progress through the pathway as per the Urgent Cancer Pathway Operating Procedure.
• Work within the NMC code.
• Ensure that all local and national HR policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to.

• A chance to step into a senior, autonomous nursing role without a long‑term commitment.
• Develop leadership and specialist clinical skills in a highly regarded service.
• Be part of a supportive team making a real impact on cancer care.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse, confident in higher‑level practice, who is motivated to hit the ground running and seize this short‑term but career‑enhancing opportunity.

Participating in the TRIOMIC trial you will join the team of experienced nurses delivering the urgent cancer pathway.

If you are keen to apply and would like to discuss the post or arrange a meeting with potential new colleagues, please do not hesitate to call Nicola Tonks on  or Mr Lacy‑Colson, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon on  We look forward to receiving your application.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

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