A Lead Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist

6 months ago


Romford, United Kingdom Division of Surgery – BHRUT NHS Full time

Job overview

The Upper Gastrointestinal service at Barking Havering and Redbrige University Hospitals is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative Nurse to lead the Upper Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. You will join a highly specialised Upper 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.

Main duties of the job

The Upper GI Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist (Lead CNS) holds a leadership role within the Trust integral to the provision of a high-quality service for patients referred to the UGI service which includes patients diagnosed with UGI cancer. The Lead UGI CNS will be a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within the Clinical Care group of Surgery with additional responsibility for line management and professional leadership of the Upper and Lower GI Clinical Nurse Specialists. The post holder will participate in and oversee the provision of nursing services within UGI and Lower Gastrointestinal (LGI) services with support from the Gastro Matron and Lead Cancer Nurse. 

The Lead UGI CNS will demonstrate clinical decision-making skills and an ability to monitor and improve standards of care within the Upper GI service. The postholder will influence patient care using a multi-faceted approach that includes clinical knowledge, teaching and audit. In discussion with the CNSs within the team, the post holder will equip the primary carers with the required skills and knowledge to facilitate a high standard of care to all patients with upper GI cancer from referrals and throughout their disease trajectory. 

The Lead UGI CNS will participate in the development and implementation of Integrated Care Pathways, protocols etc. The Lead UGI CNS will develop the necessary skills to act as a resource facilitator to educate and train other staff and students, helping to provide optimum nursing care.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered nurse, 1st Level with current NMC registration Oncology or Haematology post-registration qualification Advanced communication skills training

Desirable criteria

Physical examination qualification Counselling skills training

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.



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