Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 9 months (Secondment/ Fixed term contract. End date 31.01.26)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 292-7125769-CSS
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal Cancer
NHS AfC: Band 6
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
A secondment opportunity has arisen within Cancer Services. If you have experience in colorectal disorders and cancer this could be a great learning and development opportunity for you.
The Associate Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist will provide a supportive cancer nursing service within the hospital. You will work in concert with the Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist to ensure optimal care, which will extend to the patients, carers and their families.
Main duties of the job
- To provide information and support to all suspected cancer patients within this specialty and ensure continuity of care through diagnosis and treatment.
- To provide specialist advice and act as an an educational resource
- To participate in the continuing education of the multi-professional health care team in all aspects of Colorectal cancer
- To facilitate innovative and evidence-based nursing practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team
- To participate in clinical audit undertaken in relation to Colorectal cancer and the on-going service development with the support and supervision of the Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
Person specification
essential and desirable
Essential criteria
- Essential criteria
Desirable criteria
- Desirable criteria
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 years post registration experience
- teaching qualification
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Edwards
- Job title
- Head of Nursing for Cancer/ Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 962214
- Additional information
Joanne Kellaway 01279 973341
Deepamol Cruz 01279 962476
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