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Macmillan Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 16 February 2026
Macmillan Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7 - 37.5 hours per week
In this position you will have a key leadership role as a senior nurse within our Colorectal multi-professional team, providing specialist care and support to patients and carers throughout their Colorectal cancer pathway and beyond. You will be responsible for working collaboratively with a range of healthcare professionals and agencies, providing expert advice and support, ensuring the delivery of high quality and efficient services to meet the cancer priorities of the organisation and the national agenda.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a key leadership role as a senior nurse in the team to provide support to patients through their cancer pathway. As part of this role, you will provide the patient, their families and other healthcare professionals with expert advice and support and is responsible for working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and agencies to ensure high quality care.
This role requires you to maintain professional standards, act as a role model and always provide accessible professional leadership. You will be expected to provide education & training to colleagues pertinent to the role and ensure they maintain their own professional development. The role will include some management and strategic responsibilities in addition to report writing, data collection, audit and service development opportunities.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC registration
* Advanced Communications course
* Psychological Level II Training
* Evidence of speciality related study
Experience
* Relevant post registration experience at Band 6 or above in Cancer /Palliative Care
* Previous Experience of working at a B7 level
Knowledge
* Expert knowledge appropriate to speciality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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