Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal

Overview

Specialist Nurse – Colorectal join our Colorectal team at the Community Diagnostic Centre, Hollinswood House. This fixed-term role covers maternity leave, offering the chance to make a real difference in patient care while developing your 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.

• 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.

• Work as an autonomous practitioner, assessing potentially highly complex patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the out-patient setting.
• Manage the urgent cancer pathway nurse-led clinics, including organisation of investigations and interventions and result interpretation as required.
• Be an independent practitioner supporting nurse-led clinics as part of the 62-day patient pathway.
• Liaise with other teams and dependents to ensure patient progression 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.

Participating in the TRIOMIC trial, you will join a 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 contact:

Nicola Tonks, Consultant Nurse Colorectal/Pelvic Floor Disorders —
Mr Lacy-Colson, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon —

We look forward to receiving your application.

For further details or informal visits contact:
Nicola Tonks, Email: