Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings Mill Hospital Town Sutton In Ashfield Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/11/2025 23:59
Upper GI Triage Assessment Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
Are you a dynamic and compassionate nurse looking to make a real difference in cancer diagnostics? We are seeking a highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Upper GI Triage Assessment Team at King’s Mill Hospital.
About the Role:
As a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), you will provide expert clinical support and guidance to patients referred to the Upper GI triage service. You will play a vital role in shaping and delivering the patient pathway, ensuring timely and effective care in line with Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) and Referral to Treatment (RTT) targets.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver specialist nursing advice to patients and colleagues across the diagnostic pathway.
* Use advanced clinical assessment and communication skills to support patients and ensure all relevant information is available to the MDT.
* Interpret clinical investigations and determine appropriate next steps, including discharge, GP referral, or escalation to specialist services.
* Support the implementation of evidence-based diagnostic protocols, including Straight to Test (STT) pathways.
* Collaborate with professionals across primary, secondary, and tertiary care to ensure seamless patient care.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements and Qualifications
* 1st level Registered Nurse
* Significant relevant post registration experience in cancer/surgical/endoscopy nursing.
* Evidence of teaching experience, either formally or in informal settings
* Evidence of recent continuous personal and professional development
* First level degree in related subject
* Evidence of Masters Level learning or willing to work towards relevant Masters level studies.
* UGI disease (including cancer), endoscopy and/ or surgical nursing experience.
Skills and Effort required
* Ability to work independently and within a GI Nursing team & MDT
* Teaching/assessment and presentation skills
* Good organisational skills with attention to detail
* Patient centred approach
* Diplomatic
* Calm and objective, assertive, confident, yet approachable
* Personally and professionally mature
* Recognition of own limitations
* Able to travel between sites
* Flexible to change in demands of service
* Willingness to travel and participate in professional development initiatives
* Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
* Evidence of implementing changes within practice
* Audit and research initiatives
* Leadership and motivational skills
* History taking and physical assessment skills
* Advanced clinical decision-making skills involving the patient’s informed choices
* Able to clearly dictate summary letters to the patients and GP
Experience
* Knowledge of NHS operational and strategic issues and their impact on upper GI services
* Understanding and knowledge of common gastroenterology and symptoms/ conditions/ disease processes
* Knowledge and understanding of primary care referral processes
* Knowledge and understanding of UGI cancer pathways including 2ww and 18ww routes
* Sound knowledge and understanding of diagnostic pathways for suspected UGI Cancer
* Knowledge of Endoscopy & CTC procedures and bowel preparation
* Knowledge of MDT working
* Experience of audit and research
* Evidence of sound organisation, leadership and management
Contractual Requirements
* Flexible approach to work
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
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We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
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