Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care? We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Colorectal Nurse Specialist (Band 6) to join our dynamic surgical nursing team in North Cumbria. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting patients and families affected by colorectal disease, including cancer, while working across two hospital sites.

As a Colorectal Nurse Specialist, you will:

• Provide expert nursing care, education, and emotional support to patients and their families.

• Work autonomously, managing your own caseload while also collaborating closely with the wider multidisciplinary team.

• Deliver evidence-based care and contribute to the ongoing development of the colorectal service.

• Play a key role in data analysis and clinical audits, including input into the National Bowel Cancer Audit Program (NBOCAP).

• Lead on teaching initiatives for nursing and medical students, healthcare assistants, and community staff.

• Participate in relevant research and clinical trials to improve patient outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to truly make a difference while advancing your specialist nursing career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

Main duties of the job

Please see job description for main responsibilities in detail.

We are seeking a dedicated Colorectal Nurse Specialist (Band 6) to lead and deliver expert, compassionate care to patients and families affected by colorectal cancer and disease. Working across hospital and community settings, you will provide holistic, nurse-led support from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up, addressing physical, psychological, and psychosexual needs. This autonomous role includes running independent clinics, coordinating care within a multidisciplinary team, offering counselling, breaking bad news sensitively, and contributing to service development. You'll also assess, diagnose, and manage care, act as a key point of contact for patients, and support ongoing education and collaboration across teams.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.  The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.