Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7897296/418-NUR97296-MR |
Summary
The post holder will work in line with national guidance for Upper GI cancer management and personalised care, as well as local Trust policies. They will play a key role within the UGI cancer team, providing advice, support, and specialist input to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals. Acting as a patient advocate, they will help coordinate care and ensure seamless service provision, offering expert clinical guidance to individuals undergoing treatment and their families.
The role involves working across organisational boundaries, maintaining ongoing contact with patients in a variety of settings, and serving as a vital link between services. The post holder will also contribute to nursing research and education, supporting the advancement of clinical excellence in the care of people affected by Upper GI cancer.
• Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients, carers, and relatives. As an expert practitioner, liaise with, guide, and advise the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to ensure the highest standard of patient care.
• Lead the development and advancement of nursing clinical services within the specialist field.
• Act as the key worker within the multidisciplinary team, taking a central role in coordinating individual patient care, promoting continuity across treatment pathways, and serving as the primary point of contact for information, guidance, and support.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Act as a key worker for a defined caseload, coordinating care and ensuring patients have easy access to ongoing support.
• Contribute as a core member of multidisciplinary meetings, advocating for patients and representing nursing perspectives.
• Place quality at the centre of practice by delivering evidence‑based, individualised and holistic care, including assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Lead nurse‑led clinics and carry out advanced clinical assessments and skills related to diagnosis and treatment.
• Collect, analyse and report clinical information while maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.
• Involve patients and their carers or relatives in care planning, delivery and service development.
• Order, monitor and interpret investigations in line with local protocols, ensuring clinically effective and cost‑efficient decision‑making to support diagnosis, further assessment and ongoing treatment.
• Support the medical team in achieving the Faster Diagnosis Standard within cancer waiting time targets.
Please refer to the attached JD
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Apr 2026