UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist within the UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist team. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate expert nursing care, providing support to UGI and GIST cancer patients and their carers. The position involves coordinating individual treatment programmes, offering specialist nursing advice and psychological support, and contributing to service development, audit, and research projects. You will work as an integral part of the UGI cancer multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Act as keyworker to patients and relatives whilst undergoing cancer treatment.
- Assess new patients in the clinical area, identifying their psychological, physiological, emotional spiritual and cultural needs.
- Provide specialist nursing advice and psychological support to patients, carers, and health care professionals.
- Formulate individualized patient treatment care programs in conjunction with the medical/nursing team.
- Maintain accurate patient records and ensure all relevant information is documented.
Essential criteria
- Proven evidence of Continuous personal and professional development
- Demonstrable (significant) and relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above, in cancer, palliative care or relevant speciality
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Ability to support and influence change
- IT literate
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of audit and research leadership and management experience
- Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards.
- Leadership and motivational skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist team. Under direction from the Lead UGI Cancer Nurse Specialist you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate expert nursing care and provide support to UGI and GIST cancer patients and their carers. The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the co-ordination and organisation of individual treatment programmes throughout the illness trajectory and work to develop communication across divisional and organisational boundaries.
Provide specialist nursing advice and psychological support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
Acts as a resource and contributes to the education and training of other healthcare professionals as required.
Contribute to service development, audit and research projects and help develop educational packages as needed.
Main duties of the job
Work as an integral part of the UGI cancer multidisciplinary team within both Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and across the tertiary centres. May be asked to support other cancer nursing specialist teams when necessary.
o Act as liaison with tertiary centres and UGI Cancer CNS's to ensure smooth transition of care between centres.
o Assess, plan and implement and evaluate exp
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