# Non-Specific Symptoms Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-specific-symptoms-clinical-nurse-specialist/a7fa926f-a924-430b-a8f6-f15e7fdb448f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-specific-symptoms-clinical-nurse-specialist/a7fa926f-a924-430b-a8f6-f15e7fdb448f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Stepping Hill Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T11:05:20.299Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8318393 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8318393?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Non-Specific Symptoms (NSS) / Rapid Diagnostic Service as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, working alongside our existing CNS to support the continued development and delivery of this important cancer pathway. The service provides a timely diagnostic pathway for patients presenting with concerning non-specific symptoms where cancer may be suspected but there is no clear tumour-specific referral route. As the service continues to grow, the successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating patients through investigation and diagnosis, providing expert clinical assessment, information and support and ensuring appropriate onward referral. Working collaboratively with medical colleagues, diagnostic services, cancer teams and primary care, you will support effective pathway management and provide continuity for patients during what can be a period of significant uncertainty. This is an opportunity to join an established but developing service, with scope to influence how the pathway evolves as activity increases. We are looking for an experienced nurse with strong clinical assessment, communication and coordination skills, a commitment to high-quality cancer care and an interest in service development and earlier cancer diagnosis. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse with strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills, excellent communication and the ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will need to be highly organised and able to coordinate complex diagnostic pathways, prioritise competing demands and maintain oversight of patients throughout investigation and diagnosis. Advanced communication skills are essential, including the ability to support patients experiencing uncertainty and anxiety and to communicate sensitively when discussing potentially difficult outcomes. You will be confident working across professional and organisational boundaries, developing effective relationships with primary care, diagnostic services, medical teams and tumour-specific cancer services. We are particularly looking for someone who is proactive, adaptable and committed to improving patient experience and earlier cancer diagnosis. An interest in service development, quality improvement and helping to shape an expanding service will be important. Experience within cancer care is desirable, but we would particularly welcome applicants with strong transferable skills in clinical assessment, complex care coordination and autonomous practice. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of cancer pathways and the principles of earlier and faster diagnosis - Understanding of patient-centred and personalised care - Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety, safeguarding and professional accountability - Understanding of the importance of pathway monitoring, timely diagnostics and escalation of clinical concerns **Desirable** - Strong understanding of clinical assessment and management of patients presenting with complex or non-specific symptoms ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post-registration clinical experience at a senior level - Experience of assessing and managing patients with complex clinical needs - Experience of autonomous working and clinical decision-making within scope of practice - Experience of coordinating care across multidisciplinary and/or multi-specialty pathways - Experience of supporting patients and families through uncertainty, difficult diagnoses or complex episodes of care - Evidence of involvement in service development, audit or quality improvement - Experience of effective multidisciplinary working **Desirable** - Experience of requesting/interpreting diagnostic investigations where appropriate to scope of practice - Experience of nurse-led clinics - Experience of pathway/service redesign and evaluation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with current NMC registration - Relevant post-registration study and evidence of continuing professional development - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience - Evidence of study/development relevant to advanced clinical assessment, cancer, acute medicine or a related specialty - Willingness to undertake further specialist/advanced study appropriate to the role **Desirable** - Advanced clinical assessment qualification or relevant postgraduate study - Independent/non-medical prescribing qualification. - Evidence of postgraduate study at Master's level ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent clinical assessment and clinical reasoning skills - Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and make appropriate clinical decisions - Excellent advanced communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or distressing information - Strong organisational and pathway-management skills, including management of competing priorities - Ability to build effective relationships across professional and organisational boundaries - Ability to identify deterioration or significant clinical concern and escalate appropriately - Ability to analyse information, contribute to audit and use data to support service improvement **Desirable** - Previous experience within cancer services, acute medicine, diagnostics, advanced practice or another relevant specialty ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [non specific symptom cns (pdf, 441.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10639685) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.