Upper GI CNS

Upper GI CNS

37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term for 12 months (Secondment will be considered)

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Closing Date: Wednesday 11th November 2026

Interview Date: Friday 20th November 2026

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. 

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• An exciting opportunity to lead the nursing team in IBD, the post holder will act as a source of expertise and knowledge for both patients and healthcare professionals and will have a key role in the continuing development of the inflammatory bowel disease service. 
• You will work closely with the Gastroenterology Consultants and be responsible for the specialised nursing management of a defined specialist nurse caseload within which professional and clinical leadership skills will be demonstrated.

• We are seeking a dynamic, innovative and resilient Nurse Specialist to take up this exciting role and join the Gastroenterology team within the George Eliot Hospital on a 12-months secondment / fixed term contract.
• The post holder will be working trust wide in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and liaising with the Upper GI/Hepatobiliary (UGI/HPB) services at UHCW to ensure a streamlined pathway for patients undergoing investigations for a potential Upper GI/HPB cancer diagnosis.
• The post holder will provide services to facilitate and maintain the optimum quality of life for patients and their significant others whilst going through investigations and subsequent treatment for their diagnosis.
• The successful candidate will provide advice and guidance to all levels of medical, nursing and allied health professionals and also non-professional carers supporting those with an UGI/HPB cancer.  Ultimately providing expert nursing advice and support to other Health Care professionals within the trust to enable their professional development.
• Acting as a key member of the UGI Multidisciplinary team and a keyworker for those diagnosed with an UGI/HPB cancer.  This includes working closely with the Gastroenterology Consultants and Oncology Consultants within the team.  Working in collaboration with the West Midlands Cancer Alliance EAG to facilitate current best practice.

Here at George Eliot our vision to  excel at patient care'  takes centre stage.  An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.  Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:  On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus  bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

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• Experience in prioritising and managing own caseload of patients independently reporting back to the Consultant.
• Autonomously performs specialist nursing practices in line with Trust protocols and NMC guidance, including breaking bad news, pre chemotherapy assessments, nurse led clinics with the support of the Gastroenterology Consultant including nurse led IPMN clinics, outpatient jaundice clinics to enable service development.
• Provides advice in relation to the care of individual patients and their families from referral through to diagnosis and beyond.
• Liaises with other nursing staff (both inpatient and outpatient) caring for patients within the speciality in order to provide specialist knowledge to optimise holistic patient care.
• Demonstrates a commitment to best practice and relevant knowledge of the NHS and modernisation agenda, seeking to develop the service as part of the professional team.  Demonstrating the ability to identify when the needs of the patient are not met thus developing strategies to improve the service.
• Contributes to the development of the corporate nursing strategy ensuring local action plans produced, implemented and evaluated.
• Represents the Trust at external events, networking with professional colleagues to maximise the opportunities of promoting the Trust and benchmarking practice with peers.
• Involvement in clinical audit.
• 24-hour GP notification audit.  National Oesophago-gastric Cancer Audit (NOGCA).
• Appropriateness & timeliness of urgent suspected cancer referrals. Assist in the gathering of information for ongoing audit projects.
• Responsible for ensuring that all patients have a key worker.
• Co-ordination of patient's cancer pathway.
• Monitoring of MDT standards in conjunction with MDT co-ordinator and cancer care navigator.
• Implementing evidence-based practice.
• Develop nursing services within the team.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.