Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682.00- £46,580.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7681304/188-SNM011125-A |
Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
We are looking for an experienced nurse in Colorectal cancer and or Oncology nursing, to join our Colorectal cancer nurse specialist team.
The GI Nursing team at UHS is a progressive, experienced and highly skilled team of cancer clinical nurse specialists. The team are at the forefront of nursing service development and nursing research initiatives both locally and nationally and have a fantastic pedigree which we are proud of as an organization.
We offer a supportive and dynamic environment within which you can flourish and where you will be working with nurses are passionate and proud of both the quality of the care and level of compassion they deliver.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
To provide support and care to patients with colorectal cancer and their families. Acting as the key worker and bridging the transition of care between specialty teams.
You will be a good team player, but also be willing and able to work autonomously. You will possess excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate ability to work in a multi disciplinary setting. The role is emotionally demanding, so experience of working with patients with cancer essential.
Assist and ensure treatment is delivered in appropriate time frames, in accordance with national cancer guideline.
Work collaboratively with all members of the MDT at UHS and in referring centres to ensure all patients receive the highest level of specialist care and support.
Clinically, the successful applicant will support the MDT to deliver high quality, holistic care for all patients with proven and suspected colorectal cancer, from diagnosis to discharge. We need someone that is capable of using their skills and knowledge across the sub specialties that make up the team.
We are looking for an individual, who will intrinsically live the organizational values and will foster a culture of learning, development and excellence in nursing care delivery for patients and deliver stratified approaches to care for patients with Colorectal Cancers.
We want to find a well motivate nurse to support become part of an experienced and highly respected team, ensure excellence in person-centred care and support the expert specialty teams to deliver the quality of service which we all strive to achieve in all we do.
This is an exciting and innovative role which will offer the post holder the opportunity for both personal and professional development and involvement in a number of projects which are shaping models of specialist service delivery for the future.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025