Job summary
- Main area
- Stoma Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-A-247266
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/07/2024
Employer heading
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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Stoma Care
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Stoma Care to join our well established, friendly and innovative team.
We seek an experienced and highly motivated individual with experience in stoma care and colorectal surgery. You will possess excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to work well and autonomously within a small team. In this role you will collaborate with the Colorectal MDT, other specialist teams and wards to deliver expert stoma care, support enhanced recovery, and assist patients with colorectal conditions. You will provide stoma care in paediatrics and adults ensuring a smooth service pathway and facilitating safe discharge and ongoing support through nurse-led clinics. Additionally you will contribute to departmental research, quality improvement projects and delivery of education trust wide and nationally.
You will have at least two years’ experience working in digestive diseases and have worked as a stoma or colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist/support nurse for a minimum of 12 months.
If you are interested in joining this esteemed specialist team please apply for this role.
Informal visits are welcomed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes.
Responsible for providing specialist advice, support and liaising with other staff including the provision of specialist education and training for staff across the East of England region.
Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing evidence based care.
Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area
To use time flexibly to ensure the service needs are met.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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Closing date is midnight on 10 July 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 22 July 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- 2 years post registration experience in Digestive diseases
- Post registration qualification in speciality
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Teaching qualification.
- Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
- Post registration Stoma course
Desirable criteria
- Research Module.
- Masters Degree
- Advanced Clinical Assessment Course
- Paediatric stoma course
- Advanced stoma course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills.
- Accept personal accountability for own practice.
- Experience of formal/informal teaching.
- Experience of initiating change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
- Adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs.
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Leadership skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead developments in practice.
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills.
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Communication Skills.
Additonal Requirements
Essential criteria
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust.
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
- Anna Brewer
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216505
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