Clinical Nurse Specialist - Upper GI / Non-Site Specific

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Doncaster is seeking a Senior Nurse/Midwife to enhance patient care through expert assessments and coordination. The role focuses on delivering specialized nursing services across the diagnostic pathway for non-site-specific presentations. Responsibilities include triaging referrals, facilitating patient decisions, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The organization promotes flexible working and values diversity, encouraging applications from all community sectors.

Benefits

Extensive range of learning opportunities

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver high-quality nursing services.
• Experience in coordinating care and referrals.
• Strong communication skills with patients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Triage and coordinate patient referrals efficiently.
• Provide specialist nursing advice and support.
• Initiate interventions based on comprehensive assessments.
• Act as a key worker and point of contact for patients.
• Facilitate timely referrals to relevant services.
• Participate in MDT meetings to advocate for patients.

Skills

Expert clinical advice

Patient assessment

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Coordinating patient care

Job description

Overview

This is a senior Nursing/Midwifery role within the organisation and there is an expectation that the post holder will fully contribute to the leadership and delivery of high quality patient care within the care group. To deliver a comprehensive and specialised nursing service to patients and their carers with non-site-specific presentations. To ensure timely, coordinated, and compassionate care throughout the diagnostic pathway for patients referred by primary care providers with non-specific symptoms suggestive of cancer. The post-holder is responsible for supporting the continuous improvement of quality services and safeguarding high standards of care by sustaining an environment in which excellence in clinical care can flourish.

We support flexible working and will consider arrangements that work for the service, for you, and for patients. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Responsibilities

• Triage, prioritise, and coordinate referrals in line with national and local pathways, ensuring patients are assessed within the two-week-wait target.
• Deliver a high-quality, specialist nursing service, providing expert clinical advice, information, and support to patients and their carers throughout the diagnostic and care pathway.
• Undertake comprehensive patient assessments, identifying physical, psychological, and social needs, and initiate appropriate interventions and onward referrals.
• Act as a key worker and central point of contact for patients, coordinating care and liaising effectively with primary care, secondary care, and multidisciplinary teams (MDT).
• Support and empower patients to make informed decisions regarding investigations and treatment options through the application of specialist knowledge and evidence-based practice.
• Ensure patients are fully informed of investigation results and agree appropriate next steps, including referral to specialist teams or safe and supported discharge back to primary care.
• Facilitate timely referrals to relevant services, including dietetics, specialist nursing services, allied health professionals, voluntary organisations, and patient support groups, as required.
• Participate in MDT meetings and other relevant forums, contributing specialist nursing expertise and acting as a patient advocate to ensure patient-centred care.

Organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Benefits

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers