Specialist Nurse Advisor

Job overview

Kings is an established Tertiary Referral Centre for Early colorectal cancers receiving referrals from London and the Kent and Medway cancer networks. The Post Holder will act as the Keyworker and case manage all patients who have been referred with a diagnosis of early stage colorectal cancer and those with benign polyps suitable for an endoscopic resection approach, (TEMS,EMR and ESD). Working as a core member of the early colorectal cancer team they will provide a specialist nursing service with a focus on developing nurse led services to advance and manage evidence based pathways through from referral, diagnosis and onward follow up.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver and promote high quality evidence based care to early colorectal cancer patients, within the outpatient, and in patient setting.
• To act as the patient’s advocate through effective support and information, enabling them to make informed choices and decisions concerning treatment and care.
• To be an autonomous practitioner and manage, organise and evaluate own workload and clinics.
• To provide expert advice and education to clinical colleagues within the organisation and community settings.
• To work with the specialist consultants and multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement nurse led services to assess, plan and co-ordinate treatment and follow up pathways. The service will contribute to better outcomes and ensure that it develops according to the needs of patients.
• To participate in and influence policy and service development to ensure that services are based on high quality evidence.
• To collect, collate and communicate clinical data to enable audit, service evaluation and clinical research.
• Working with the TAC nurse led triage service for suspected colorectal cancer referrals to allow development of the nurse’s role.
• To support other colorectal nurse services i.e. ERAS

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD: Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible