About the Role

We are delighted to be able to provide an opportunity to an ambitious and motivated colorectal clinical nurse specialist to focus on patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

The successful applicant will be the key professional supporting a caseload of patients and their families throughout their colorectal cancer journey and specifically at diagnosis, surgery, and subsequent treatments. The CNS will often be the first professional to inform the patient of the cancer diagnosis so excellent knowledge of the disease, colorectal pathway, and advanced communication skills are essential.

The role also demands excellent leadership, clinical, communication, and interpersonal skills. You will be required to collaborate closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team both in and outside the Trust.

You will manage your own nurse-led clinics and provide a high standard of care to all patients who attend your practice.

You will be joining a highly collaborative and well-established colorectal nursing team and a proactive, solution-orientated approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work cross site to support patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer or are suspected to have colorectal cancer.
• Requesting appropriate investigations in line with current guidelines.
• Develop the service to become more streamlined and efficient in a modern NHS.
• Collaborate with management, finance, and IT to ensure clinics are set up efficiently and appropriately to align with other services.
• Formulate written information to provide to the patient groups.
• Refer patients to onward services when appropriate providing comprehensive information to other health professionals.
• Refer patients with confirmed Lynch syndrome to the genetics service out of the Trust.
• Prepare clinical information for MDT and work with MDT coordinator to ensure relevant patients are discussed.
• Attend weekly colorectal MDT meeting presenting patients when required and regularly contributing to the discussion.
• Record clinic activity so it is possible to look at trends in annual activity on current data.
• Utilising advanced communication skills to manage episodes of care in a timely and reassuring manner.