Band 8a Colorectal Cancer Lead-Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7312060/162-6820-KK-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Colorectal service at Barking Havering and Redbrige University Hospitals is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative nurse to lead the lower Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. You will join a highly specialised lower Gastrointestinal Team who delivers a high standard of patient centered care.
We have a supportive culture for all staff and by joining us now, you can play a role in shaping our organisation that continues to put patient care first.
For further information please contact Petra Harriott-Edwards, Head Nurse for Surgery via email on Petronilla.Harriott-Edwards@nhs.net or by phone on 01708 435 000 ext. 6742
To provide expert specialist nursing support, treatment, and leadership as part of the management and consultant team. This will include autonomous practice, assessment and treatment of patients and developing new areas of practice ensuring all quality standards are met. This will include in collaboration with other CNS’s and under the managerial supervision, develop and expand the specialist service within BHR clinical governance framework, NICE guidelines and London Cancer Network guidelines.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Kaka Adeyemi, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
The Colorectal service at Barking Havering and Redbrige University Hospitals is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative nurse to lead the lower Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. You will join a highly specialised lower Gastrointestinal Team who delivers a high standard of patient centered care.
We have a supportive culture for all staff and by joining us now, you can play a role in shaping our organisation that continues to put patient care first.
For further information please contact Petra Harriott-Edwards, Head Nurse for Surgery via email on Petronilla.Harriott-Edwards@nhs.net or by phone on 01708 435 000 ext. 6742
To provide expert specialist nursing support, treatment, and leadership as part of the management and consultant team. This will include autonomous practice, assessment and treatment of patients and developing new areas of practice ensuring all quality standards are met. This will include in collaboration with other CNS’s and under the managerial supervision, develop and expand the specialist service within BHR clinical governance framework, NICE guidelines and London Cancer Network guidelines.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Kaka Adeyemi, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
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