Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is searching for an experienced nurse to manage pathways and enhance the patient experience in diagnosing cancer symptoms. The ideal candidate will have a background in colorectal nursing, strong advocacy skills, and a commitment to patient care. The role promises a collaborative environment alongside various medical disciplines dedicated to improving healthcare services for the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Experience in patient management and care.
• Ability to liaise effectively with internal and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide an early cancer diagnosis service.
• Manage patient pathways realistically.
• Support patients through their diagnostic processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Patient advocacy

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP

Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to specialty

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Responsibilities

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.

Good communication, educating patient and their families/carers. Liaising with both internal and external agencies. Understanding of the framework for this group of patients and developing and improving the service. Providing expert patient support. Coordinating treatment plans. Ensuring high quality cost effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

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

Desirable Qualifications

• Recordable specialist qualification
• Independent Prescribing
• ECDL, Post registration experience
• Extensive clinical experience
• Involvement in audit
• Participation in research
• Evidence of leading and facilitating change, In depth specialist knowledge, Teaching / assessment skills, Organisation and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator
• Root Cause Analysis
• Leadership & motivation skills
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Evidence of audit and change management ability
• Computer literate
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team, Diplomatic
• Assertive and confident
• Recognition of own limitations
• Able to travel between sites
• Flexibility

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right‑to‑work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieving fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under‑represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16‑24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant’s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check‑uk‑visa.

This organisation has a zero‑tolerance approach to abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisation's safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse or any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.