Upper GI Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist

To work alongside the senior Upper GI Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Upper GI. Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment or onward referral to the tertiary centres.
To play a supporting role within the Upper GI Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected Upper GI cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of an Upper GI cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework.
To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with specialist multidisciplinary teams at Liverpool.
To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches., To work alongside the senior Upper GI Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide appropriate specialist advice, support and education to patients throughout the Upper GI. Cancer pathways, from diagnosis to
treatment or onward referral to the tertiary centres. To play a supporting role within the Upper GI Cancer team providing: specialist information; high quality care; assessment, advice and support for those patients on a suspected Upper GI cancer pathway having investigative procedures and eventual diagnosis and treatment of an Upper GI cancer. This will extend to their families / carers and other Health Care Professionals both internal and external to the Trust, which will promote a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. To ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised by establishing strong communication links with
specialist multidisciplinary teams at Liverpool. To ensure that national cancer targets are met along the patients pathway; alerting appropriate personnel to preventing potential breaches.

Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.