Clinical Nurse Specialist - Complex Colorectal Cancer

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Central Middlesex Hospital Town London Salary £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Complex Colorectal Cancer

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us #WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

"We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR)."

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Job overview

The post-holder will work as part of a dedicated highly-specialist complex colorectal cancer multidisciplinary team which offers a tertiary service to individuals diagnosed with locally-advanced and recurrent rectal cancers and colorectal peritoneal metastases.
They will be expected to demonstrate a high level of practice in both her/his direct care of patients and in her/his ability to plan and develop services to support complex colorectal cancer care. Through the key skills of leadership, innovation and clinical expertise s/he will facilitate and deliver care which is patient-centred, safe and effective.
The post holder will play a key role in facilitating and co-ordinating the patient pathway. By working collaboratively with clinicians, administrators and service managers they will promote, develop, review and redesign care pathways which are responsive and relevant to complex colorectal cancer patients’ needs.

Main duties of the job

Implement processes along the patient pathway to ensure it is managed
efficiently, smoothly and in accordance with targets and agreed timescales.

Working with clinical areas to facilitate a co-ordinated and streamlined pathway of care which revolves around the patient and their family’s individual needs.

Provide robust timely and comprehensive assessment and personalised care planning.

Support the delivery of pre- and post-operative nursing care and personalised discharge planning.

Co-ordinate and deliver comprehensive arrangements for communicating with patients and their local teams (who may be located far away).

Support facilitation of clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings to meet the standards and requirements of specialist commissioning and the national framework.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

"We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR)."

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.

Application form and interview

• Registered Nurse Degree level
• NMC registration
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to clinical area
• Recognised teaching qualification or working towards
• Masters degree or working towards
• Fundamentals in Cancer Care (Level 7 module) or equivalent

Knowledge and experience

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in oncology or tumour site related clinical area
• Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials
• Demonstrate evidence of highly developed clinical practice with experience of dealing with complex clinical scenarios and interpreting complex needs of patients
• Previous experience working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Experience in audit and research
• Ability to lead and influence change
• Experience and knowledge in colorectal surgery
• Experience in running nurse-led clinics

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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