Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal in Shrewsbury

An exciting and unique short-term opportunity has arisen for a highly Specialist Nurse to join our Colorectal team at the Community Diagnostic Centre, Hollinswood House. This is a fixed-term role covering maternity leave, offering the chance to make a real difference in patient care while developing your own skills in a fast-paced, supportive environment.

The post holder will:

• Provide a specialist nursing service to patients on the 62-day suspected colorectal cancer pathway, supporting timely diagnosis and treatment in line with national standards.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner, proactively managing a caseload of patients, providing expert advice, and advocating across care settings and multidisciplinary teams.
• Play a key role in supporting new ways of working and ensuring the patient journey is as smooth and effective as possible.

Why Apply?

• A chance to step into a senior, autonomous nursing role without a long-term commitment.
• Develop leadership and specialist clinical skills in a highly regarded service.
• Be part of a supportive team making a real impact on cancer care.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse, confident in higher-level practice, who is motivated to hit the ground running and seize this short-term but career-enhancing opportunity.

Main duties of the job:

• Work as an autonomous practitioner assessing potentially highly complex patients, planning, implementing and reviewing care within the out-patient setting.
• Managing the urgent cancer pathway nurse-led clinics including the organisation of investigations and interventions and results as required.
• To be an independent practitioner supporting nurse-led clinics as part of the 62-day patient pathway.
• To liaise with other teams and dependents to ensure that patient progresses through the pathway as per the Urgent Cancer Pathway Operating Procedure.
• Work within the NMC code.
• To ensure that all local and national HR policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to.

Participating in the TRIOMIC trial you will join the team of experienced nurses delivering the urgent cancer pathway.

Qualifications:

• Sufficient post registration experience to prepare for this post.
• 1st Level Nursing Degree (working towards).
• Evidence of own academic education / continuing CPD.
• RGN.
• Working towards specialty related MSc.
• History taking and physical examination course.

Knowledge, Behaviours and Experience:

• Experience in a multi-professional setting.
• Experience of liaising with Primary Healthcare Providers.
• Evidence of audit involvement.
• Experience of running Nurse-led clinics.
• Knowledge of statistics/report writing.
• Ability to produce patient information and educational material.

Skills:

• Ability to conduct own projects and follow through.
• Advanced Communication skills qualification (CAT accredited) or working towards.

We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.