Straight to Test Triage Colorectal Nurse
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage, East of England
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust based in Stevenage. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117. Applications close on 29 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We are recruiting for a Straight to Test Triage Colorectal Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exem...
On a day-to-day basis you will be reviewing cancer referrals which come in on the Colorectal pathway.
Following protocols to triage patients.
A concise, clear, competent assessment of the patient. This can be an anxious time for patients, so compassion and understanding are required.
You will need to be competent in IT skills and databases. Alongside this you may be required to present data at monthly meeting
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Essential: - RGN part 1 or part 12 NMC register; - Educated to Degree; - Evidence of CPD
Desirable: - Advanced communications skills; - Working towards Masters level
Essential: - Extensive endoscopy/ colorectal ward experience; - Managing a caseload; - Evidence of innovation and change; - Band 6 Leadership; - Nurse led patient assessment clinics
Essential: - Team working; - Strong Leadership skills; - Organisational skills & prioritising workload; - IT skills including excel
Essential: - Audit skills; - Current knowledge of cancer pathways; - Knowledge of current colorectal clinical issues
Essential: - Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff; - Role model our Trust values every day; - Evidence of compassionate leadership; - Evidence of team working and respect
How this role compares
We hold 877 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role sits close to the middle of the range.
There are 12,687 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,261 of them in East of England.
You have 8 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 14 days, so this is about the usual amount of time.
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust has 29 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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