Clinical Nurse Specialist - Upper GI

Queen Elizabeth Hospital; North End; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated healthcare facility in North End is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for their Upper GI team. The role requires expertise in providing holistic support to patients with complex GI conditions. Candidates should have strong leadership skills, interpersonal abilities, and a compassionate approach. This full-time position involves adapting hours to support service provision during absences. Embrace the chance to join a transformative healthcare team committed to high-quality care and community support.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with significant experience in clinical settings.
• Expertise in Upper GI conditions with advanced knowledge.
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively with patients and carers.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical excellence and leadership in Upper GI conditions.
• Holistically assess and plan care for patients with complex needs.
• Work autonomously and alongside the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical excellence

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated Upper GI team. You will provide consistent, safe, effective and quality care to provide holistic support to patients diagnosed with Upper GI conditions. You will have responsibility and accountability for supporting a caseload of patients throughout their pathway from initial referral, through diagnostics to diagnosis and to patients living with and beyond their diagnosis. If you are a highly motivated, compassionate team member with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, we would like to hear from you. The role is a full time role and will require working flexibly to support existing service with adapting hours to cover leave and other absences to ensure full service provision.

• Note on interviews: online interviews will not be available for this vacancy. All shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an in-person interview.

Responsibilities

• You will provide clinical excellence, leadership, innovation and mastery within a specialty, or group of specialties, through highly developed specialist knowledge in Upper GI conditions.
• You will holistically assess and plan care for patients with complex needs, planning, evaluating, coordinating, and communicating care to streamline and support patients through their pathway.
• You will work autonomously alongside the multi-disciplinary team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and have a presence at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust as the tertiary centre.
• You will lead the development and support of MDT, nursing, and allied health professionals, acting as an expert resource.
• You will lead service development and have active involvement in Cancer Care Alliance and Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS), and local teams.
• You will act as keyworker for patients to ensure a single point of contact during a highly complex pathway.
• You will engage in highly complex conversations and dialogue with patients and carers, considering learning needs and Mental Capacity, utilising advanced communication skills.
• You will be able to manage distressing situations with patients, carers and companions.
• Role is full time and will require working flexibly to support existing service, adapting hours to cover leave and other absences to ensure full service provision.

About the Organization

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re delivering a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and are undertaking one of the biggest digital transformation projects. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We strive for continuous quality improvement and are proud of our 4,000 staff and volunteers, a welcoming community atmosphere, and a strong team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities and a range of modern award-winning centres.