Nurse Specialist - Colorectal Cancer

Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main Duties of the Job
We are looking for an experienced nurse with experience in Colorectal cancer and/or Oncology nursing, to join our Colorectal cancer nurse specialist team in a substantive band 6 Colorectal cancer Nurse Specialist post.
The GI Nursing team at UHS is a progressive, experienced, and highly skilled team of cancer clinical nurse specialists. The team is at the forefront of nursing service development and nursing research initiatives both locally and nationally and have a fantastic pedigree which we are proud of as an organization.
We offer a supportive and dynamic environment within which you can flourish and where you will be working with nurses who are passionate and proud of both the quality of the care and level of compassion they deliver.

Working for Our Organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations. Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs, and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients. At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To provide support and care to patients with colorectal cancer and their families, acting as the key worker and bridging the transition of care between specialty teams. You will be a good team player, but also be willing and able to work autonomously. You will possess excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting. The role is emotionally demanding, so experience of working with patients with cancer is essential.

• Assist and ensure treatment is delivered in appropriate time frames, in accordance with national cancer guidelines.
• Work collaboratively with all members of the MDT at UHS and in referring centres to ensure all patients receive the highest level of specialist care and support.
• Clinically, the successful applicant will support the MDT to deliver high quality, holistic care for all patients with proven and suspected colorectal cancer, from diagnosis to discharge. We need someone that is capable of using their skills and knowledge across the sub-specialties that make up the team.
• We are looking for an individual who will intrinsically live the organizational values and will foster a culture of learning, development, and excellence in nursing care delivery for patients and deliver stratified approaches to care for patients with Colorectal Cancers.
• We want to find a well-motivated nurse to support becoming part of an experienced and highly respected team, ensuring excellence in person-centred care and supporting the expert specialty teams to deliver the quality of service which we all strive to achieve in all we do.
• This is an exciting and innovative role that will offer the post holder the opportunity for both personal and professional development and involvement in a number of projects which are shaping models of specialist service delivery for the future.

Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential Criteria

• Patient First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential Criteria

• Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register
• Degree qualification, 120 credits at L6 or possess an equivalent knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant specialist training, experience, or portfolio
• Significant post-registration experience/qualification/training, including experience and knowledge within relevant specialty
• Completion of all Band 5 (preceptorship) competencies
• Higher Education Institute approved course in supporting learners in practice or evidence assessed to be of equivalent experience, demonstrating support to a range of learners in practice. Provide evidence of both supporting a range of learners in practice and supporting colleagues to promote effective learning in practice
• Extensive post-registration experience within the specialist area.
• Knowledge of current issues within the acute health service.
• Understanding of personal accountability.

Desirable Criteria

• Change Management, clinical practice development.
• Multidisciplinary team working.