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Join St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
At St George’s, you’ll be part of something extraordinary. Founded in 1733, we’ve grown from a small London hospital into a world-renowned centre for excellence in care, education, research and innovation.
A world-class place to work
Our main site in Tooting is one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals, sharing its campus with St George’s, University of London. Together, we train future healthcare professionals and drive research that shapes the medicine of tomorrow.
With more than 10,000 staff, we care for over 1.3 million people across south west London and beyond through our hospitals in Tooting and Roehampton — combining cutting-edge expertise with a strong sense of community.
Specialist and emergency care at its best
As one of London’s four major trauma centres, St George’s is home to hyper acute stroke and heart attack services, as well as a helipad for the most critically ill patients. We are also a major cancer centre, providing specialist care for adults and children, and host one of London’s largest children’s hospitals with world-leading paediatric and fetal medicine services.
Working together for better care
We’re proud to be part of the St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group, sharing expertise and resources to strengthen services and improve care for our patients.
Your opportunity
Join us and you’ll work alongside some of the most skilled and passionate professionals in healthcare. You’ll find purpose, pride and a place where your work truly matters.
Macmillan Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Georges Hospital NHS Foundation trust
- Address
- Blackshaw Road
- Town
- Tooting
- Postcode
- SW17 0QT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist
Job overview
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced nurse to join our dynamic colorectal cancer team as a Macmillan Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist. This is more than a job — it’s a chance to be a key part of a nationally recognised cancer service, delivering compassionate, expert care to patients throughout their cancer journey.
As a Macmillan professional, you’ll be supported to grow, lead, and innovate in a role that blends clinical excellence with leadership, education, and service development.
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- Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Act as a clinical expert in colorectal cancer, supporting surgical and oncology teams.
- Lead nurse-led clinics, perform holistic needs assessments, and support treatment planning.
- Provide education and emotional support to patients and families.
- Contribute to MDT meetings, service development, audits, and research.
- Support staff education and act as a role model in clinical practice.
- Ensure compliance with national cancer standards and COSD metrics.
Working for our organisation
With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Our main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London.
A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached document.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree (BSc) or equivalent in a health related subject, or working towards
- NMC Adult registered Nurse
- Advanced practitioner through formal qualification (Degree) and or extensive clinical pertinent to the area(
Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced communication skills
- Strong leadership skills (1)
- Autonomous practitioner(1)
- Excellent written and oral communication
Desirable criteria
- Experience in audits/data base updates
- Service improvement experience
- Advanced decision making skills
- Physical Assessment skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant demonstrable and transferable experience in the area of speciality
- Leadership and management experience
- Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures
Desirable criteria
- Project management skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers with different levels of understanding
- Training and teaching abilities
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
- Knowledge of research /data collection /projects
Others
Essential criteria
- Flexible
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Morales
- Job title
- Colorectal Cancer Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087255349
- Additional information
Caitlin Harvey Macmillan Head of Nursing for Cancer|St Georges NHS Foundation Trust [email protected] | Use Ext. 3360
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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