Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist. This post would suit someone who is highly motivated and looking for an opportunity to develop further. We are seeking a compassionate, dynamic and motivated individual to join our well established and supportive colorectal CNS team. Your communication and interpersonal skills will be highly developed as they are integral to your success in providing the highest standard of care and support to patients with colorectal cancer diagnosis, as is the ability to manage distressing situations involving patients and careers and act as a key worker to ensure single point of contact during a complex pathway. The post holder will work autonomously as part of the multidisciplinary team and also develop positive and collaborative relationships. This position provides an excellent role for a registered nurse who has experience in either Cancer services, Surgery, and or Endoscopy. It provides a new exciting challenge for
an individual who is looking to gain experience or a career in specialist nursing practice. "

Main duties of the job

Provide advice and support to patients undergoing colorectal cancer investigations and surgery

Demonstrate a high level of clinical decision making and an ability to monitor and improve standards of care within the Colorectal service. He/she will influence patient care with a multi-faceted approach that includes clinical expertise teaching and research.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.