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Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 10 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Location: | Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9470-25-0436 |
Summary
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 Centres, 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. 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. Working with the Cancer Management Team, Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams and Clinical Nurse Specialists this post will be responsible for the implementation and assessment of the service against the NHSI quality measures. The post-holder will: 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. 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 healthcare, 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. In order 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.