Cancer Specialist Nurse (Upper Gastrointestinal)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and compassionate Specialist Nurse to join our Upper GI Cancer Specialist Nursing Team. OUH is a tertiary referral centre for oesophogogastric cancer.

Informal visits are welcomed and form an essential insight into the service.

The role will support the current CNS with ongoing development of the oesophogogastric service as well as supporting patients with cancer of unknown primary.

You will be expected to promote a high-quality service that provides specialist care, information, support and management to patients, their families and carers. Our nursing teams are central to the delivery of excellent care to cancer patients attending the Oxford University Hospitals. Our teams deliver a holistic approach using the latest technologies to support individualised assessments and care planning. The service aims to provide focused and co-ordinated specialist knowledge and skills to enable patients to have access to a comprehensive package of care and intervention, supporting patients in clinical decision making, providing individualised information and co-ordinating complex care pathways. You will work closely with other members of the specialist nursing, AHP ( Allied Health professionals) and MDT team across both oncology and surgery. Liaising with primary care and other specialist teams, to ensure that patients are supported throughout their pathway.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

Employed as a Specialist Nurse, working at an enhanced level of practice, completing a specialist programme of training relevant to the role, or other service training curriculum, in line with their primary professional regulatory body requirements.

Fulfilling the expectations and capabilities of a Specialist Nurse, will be achieved through workplace-based training and assessments and in clinical practice, with support through clinical supervision in own service/speciality area.

The Specialist Nurse will be supported in their professional development and wellbeing, working at the level of enhanced practice, through achievement of the academic requirements and evidence of workplace-based capabilities and competence within their service/speciality.

The Specialist Nurse will be expected to demonstrate and develop proficiency across the four pillars of practice, namely Clinical, Leadership and Management, Education and Research appropriate to their level of practice, and their scope of professional practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse (NMC)
  • Evidence of ability to study at level 7
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Experience of team leadership ability or management skills
  • Experience of applying research evidence to own clinical practice

Expererience

Essential

  • Demonstrates knowledge or transferrable skills within upper GI/cancer speciality
  • Knowledge of Cancer treatments
  • Awareness of clinical governance issues and measures of quality

Desirable

  • Experience of applying research into own clinical practice
  • Experience of delivering educational teaching sessions

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise workload of self and others
  • Enhanced communications skills within multidisciplinary teams
  • Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
  • Commitment to studying for any required post graduate training needs and within the ACCEND framework

Desirable

  • Knowledge of local and national cancer policy and programmes/initiatives

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

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