Therapeutic Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Therapeutic Clinical Nurse Specialist

Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Therapeutic Endoscopy Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). This role will coordinate and manage patients referred for advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures, ensuring a safe, efficient and patient-centred pathway from referral to treatment.

The post holder will utilise specialist knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), complex polypectomy, and advanced upper and lower gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures, to support appropriate patient selection, pathway management and clinical decision-making.

The post holder will oversee patient scheduling, optimise utilisation of therapeutic endoscopy capacity, monitor clinical outcomes, and act as a key point of contact for patients throughout their treatment journey.

Working closely with Clinical Nurse Endoscopists, Therapeutic Endoscopists, the Endoscopy Pre-Assessment Team and the wider multidisciplinary team, the CNS will support service development, quality improvement, audit and governance activities.

This role is integral to improving patient experience, reducing waiting times and ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Coordinating referrals, booking and scheduling processes for patients undergoing advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures, ensuring timely access to care.
• Act as the primary point of contact for patients throughout their treatment pathway, providing information, support and pathway navigation.
• Manage and track therapeutic endoscopy waiting lists, ensuring efficient utilisation of available capacity and escalation of potential delays.
• Monitor list utilisation, procedure outcomes, and service activity, producing reports as required.
• Maintain therapeutic endoscopy databases and support data collection for local and national audits.
• Identify and escalate any clinical concerns to the appropriate clinical team member to ensure safe and effective patient care.
• Contribute to the development of clinical pathways, standard operating procedures and patient information resources.
• Support the identification and review of procedure-related complications and governance issues.
• Provide specialist advice and clinical support to patients, endoscopy booking team and other healthcare professionals regarding therapeutic endoscopy pathways.
• Service evaluation, clinical audit and quality improvement projects to enhance patient experience and clinical outcomes

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.