Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist | Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Isle of Wight NHS; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves managing cancer patient pathways, providing expert advice, and collaborating with various healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care. This position offers an opportunity to work in a supportive environment, with additional benefits including a cycle-to-work scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses and gyms

Opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut

Qualifications

• High level of up-to-date relevant clinical knowledge and experience in caring for cancer patients.
• Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
• Strong leadership and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage cancer patients through their treatment pathway.
• Provide support for patients and their families.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical knowledge of cancer care

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 6/7)

12 Months Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity - Maternity Cover

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to take on this Specialist nursing role working as a key member within the Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Multidisciplinary Team(s). The post requires vision, innovation and the ability to work across professional boundaries, underpinned by a real desire to provide the highest standards of patient care.

In this post you will be developed to work in collaboration with, and autonomously, as part of the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team to help develop and deliver services across organisational, professional and geographical boundaries.

The post will involve either delivering at band 7 level or supporting the band 7 CNS in a band 6 position to:

• Deliver cancer waiting targets by managing the patient’s cancer pathway and work with the patient and local and regional MDTs to action appropriate MDT meeting outcomes to avoid delay.
• Assess patients’ clinical condition over the telephone and manage symptoms of disease, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy side effects, and provide advice and guidance and primary and secondary care MDT working to prevent admission.
• Recognise symptoms of an oncological emergency such as Neutropenic sepsis, Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression, Hypercalcaemia, Supervisor Vena Cava Obstruction through telephone assessment of patient’s clinical condition, and expedite appropriate emergency services / admission response and actions.
• Organise procedures such as Liver biopsies and support patient during procedure (occasional requirement to recover patient post procedure) Arranging blood transfusions / medication infusions / vital medications / treatment plans, diagnostics.
• Support patients in breaking bad news clinic.
• Provide patient advice on different types of surgery and systematic anti-cancer therapy options available to them, discussing the risks, side effects and support available.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive quality service for the management of patients who attend for Upper gastrointestinal assessment and as an inpatient, providing support for their carers/family and making contact with patients to provide practical, psychological and emotional support.
• Provide expert communication with patients in ways which empower them to make informed choices about their health and health‑care, providing practical information on all aspects of treatment.
• Work in collaboration with the other clinical nurse specialists, lead clinician and the Multidisciplinary Team on the Isle of Wight and Mainland, to provide a high quality co‑ordinated service between all disciplines, encompassing a multi‑disciplinary approach to care.
• Act as a resource in providing evidence based advice and information to promote the health and well‑being of patients with cancer, and offer clinical expertise in treatments/therapies for patients to optimise positive health outcomes and quality of life.
• Provide professional innovation within the specialty, and contribute to the development of cancer services throughout the Trust as a core member of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team.
• Provide clinical nursing leadership and act as a specialist resource for nurses, doctors and others in the Trust and community services within the specialty.
• Take part in the development and implementation of clinical audit and research projects in specialist areas, ensuring that the findings are disseminated and good practice is shared across the trust and beyond, in accordance with Trust governance and clinical guidelines.
• Assist with assessment and incorporate skill such as cannulation, peripheral line management and phlebotomy.

Qualifications / Experience

It is essential that you possess a high level of up‑to‑date relevant clinical knowledge and experience in caring for cancer patients. With evidence of ongoing continuous professional development. You must be highly motivated with strong leadership and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle‑to‑work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year‑round events, festivals and award‑winning attractions.

This role will work closely with key areas of the Trust, forging close working relationships with the Trust interventional consultants, visiting consultants from the Cancer Centre’s, the Medical and Cancer Teams and the Specialist Palliative Care team. Work closely with MDT in tertiary referral centres. Provide vital information, signposting, and psychological support (must have advanced communication training) to cancer patients about their disease, treatments, and other holistic impacts e.g financial, psychosocial, lifestyle change, smoking cessation advice, financial, undertaking full holistic needs assessment and developing personalised care and support plans.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Monday 24 Nov 2025