Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust • London SE1 7EH
About this role
We are looking for an experienced nurse to lead thehighly specialised team of Colorectal Advance Nurse Practitionerssupporting our colorectal patients within Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery (GMS). The post holder will be a member of a larger well-established MDT within Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital, London.
Applicants must be an experienced registered nurses and have practiced at a minimum band 7 post or above. We are looking for someone who has extensive experience in looking after people with Lower Gastrointestinal problem. They must be able to demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination. They should seek to lead new practice and service redesign solutions in response to feedback, evaluation and need, working across boundaries and broadening sphere of influence.
The post holder will be required to engage key stakeholders and influence the development and improvement of practice, patient care and service delivery.
We are looking for an experienced nurse to lead thehighly specialised team of Colorectal Advance Nurse Practitionerssupporting our colorectal patients within Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery (GMS). The post holder will be a member of a larger well-established MDT within Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital, London.
Applicants must be an experienced registered nurses and have practiced at a minimum band 7 post or above. We are looking for someone who has extensive experience in looking after people with Lower Gastrointestinal problem. They must be able to demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination. They should seek to lead new practice and service redesign solutions in response to feedback, evaluation and need, working across boundaries and broadening sphere of influence.
The post holder will be required to engage key stakeholders and influence the development and improvement of practice, patient care and service delivery.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals; Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
The Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is an experienced registered nurse with specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team. The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients. In conjunction with senior nursing and consultant staff formulate the development of clinical guidance for all aspects of clinical practice within the clinical speciality. The post holder will develop new areas of practice, with nursing and consultant staff ensuring quality standards are met. The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained.
The Lead ANP will work in a team of with a band 7 Nurse Specialist that demonstrates a high level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to the MDT team across outpatient and inpatient teams, particularly across the emergency pathways, as well as with patients. The Lead ANP will actively undertake clinical audits within the specialist area.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026