Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist for its Faster Diagnosis Service. You will assess patients with suspected cancer symptoms and expedite their diagnosis. The ideal candidate possesses extensive clinical experience, strong communication skills, and relevant qualifications to support patients effectively. The role focuses on providing high-quality patient care within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring prompt diagnosis and treatment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Midwife/AHP with relevant qualifications.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Patient assessment through verbal communication and clinical skills.
• Managing the patient pathway in line with the FDS framework.
• Coordinating the pathway by liaising with other services.
• Acting as a point of contact for patients and their families.

Skills

Patient assessment

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Motivation

Teaching skills

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife/AHP

Post-basic specialist Qualification

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal

The closing date is 09 December 2025

We are looking to recruit a band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our Faster Diagnosis Service at the Liverpool University Hospital Group.

The CNS will provide a service assessing people with suspected cancer symptoms and to expedite diagnosis within 28 days. It will include providing an earlier and faster diagnosis and also supporting patients through the diagnostic process.

We are looking for a committed professional to join our current workforce to work closely within the established team and work alongside other agencies to develop our current and future service models.

Main duties of the job

• Patient assessment through verbal communication and clinical skills.
• Managing the patient pathway in line with the FDS framework.
• Coordinating the pathway by liaising with other services to coordinate and manage patients through the pathway.
• Acting as a point of contact for patients and their families, friends and carers.

We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and compassionate person who will help to improve the patient experience and support the team to achieve the relevant targets that are defined in the pathway. We are looking for a person with experience and the proven ability to build productive relationships with patients, the wider Multi‑Disciplinary team, General Practitioners and external departments and agencies.

We are looking to recruit a person with Colorectal experience, able to demonstrate leadership, the ability to make decisions about patient’s management, a person who will be a strong advocate for patient care, treatment and safety with excellent communication skills. You will be asked to support the team in their continual development of the service and clinical practices to ensure improvements are made to the service for the patients. We are looking for evidence of continued development.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• Patient Assessment
• Good communication, educating patient and their families/carers
• Liaising with both internal and external agencies
• Understanding the framework for this group of patients and developing and improving the service
• Coordinating treatment plans
• Ensuring high quality cost effectiveness
• Promoting health and wellness

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse / Midwife/AHP
• Post‑basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
• Evidence of continued professional development
• ECDL

Experience

• Extensive clinical experience
• Participation in research
• Evidence of leading and facilitating change

Knowledge

Skills

• Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Evidence of audit and change management ability
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team

Other

• Diplomatic
• Assertive and confident
• Recognition of own limitations
• Able to travel between sites
• Flexibility

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust