Band 7 Upper Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for upper gastrointestinal 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 Upper GI 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 an upper GI 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. ", To demonstrate clinical decision-making skills and an ability to monitor and improve standards of care within the Upper GI service. The UGI CNS will be influencing patient care with a multi-faceted approach that includes clinical knowledge, teaching and audit. In discussion with the Lead CNS and other CNSs within the team, the post holder will equip the primary carers with the required skills and knowledge to facilitate a high standard of care to all patients with upper GI cancer from referrals and throughout their disease trajectory.

To ensure a collaborative approach with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive patient focused service. The UGI CNS's main role is to provide care to patients with Upper GI cancer. The specialist nurse will acquire the specialist knowledge to enable them to give advice in symptom control, emotional and psychological support. The CNS will develop communication pathways with key stakeholders across health and social care. The role requires an innovative nurse with a sound vision of nursing and a commitment to providing a high standard of individual patient care. The CNS will influence patient care by working with the other CNSs to develop their skills in the sphere of clinical practice, management, leadership, education, research and audit and professional activities. The CNS will work under supervision to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge as specified within the competency framework.

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.