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Job summary

Main area
Stoma Care
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 8 months (To cover maternity leave)
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (4 days a week - Monday to Friday between 08.30-16.30hrs)
Job ref
412-COMM-7741579-B
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leighton Hospital
Town
Crewe
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/03/2026 23:59

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Stoma Care General Nursing Assistant

Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a  motivated and compassionate General Nursing  Assistant with a keen interest in stoma care to join our Stoma Service. In this role you will support and assist stoma patients  following stoma formation, teaching patients to become independent.  You will work closely with Stoma specialist nurses  to deliver individualised patient care plans and ensuring a smooth transition from hospital to community settings.  This is a varied role, and you will work across MCHT and CCICP.

Main duties of the job

Nursing and administration duties may include

  • Assist the Specialist Stoma  Nurses in the delivery of day to day education for stoma patients 
  • Participate in health promotion activities.
  • Provide dietary and fluid advice.
  • Stoma products review within patient homes
  • To support patients, families, and carers to achieve their optimum health and independence.
  • Act as a role model for excellence in the delivery of bladder and bowel care and the MCHFT Trust ‘Values and Behaviours'.
  • Work within and promote CCICP/MCHFT policy and procedures.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community services for East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). Our services include planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care, child health, maternity, and intermediate care across Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

Through our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, we deliver extensive services in 26 medical centres and schools in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With 500 beds and around 5,500 staff, we are one of the area’s largest employers.

Since the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust has become a key partner in Cheshire East & Cheshire West and Chester and in two provider collaboratives, aligning our strategic goals with the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System.

As part of the national New Hospital Programme, we’re reimagining Leighton Hospital to create a new health and care neighbourhood, transforming healthcare delivery for a Healthier Future. Learn more on our Healthier Futures website.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A proficient support worker who assists the registered nurse/multidisciplinary team in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, working collaboratively with others to meet the needs of stoma patients and their families. Duties are carried out under the supervision of professionally qualified practitioners

Role Duties & Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team / agencies to ensure that patient needs are met.

Involve patients, relatives / carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation.

Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards.

Collect, collate and record information, maintaining accurate patient records are kept as per trust standards.

Participate in the delivery of patient care, following agreed plans , policies, pathways and procedures relevant to job role.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

Recognise any changes in patients condition or stoma , ensuring it is reported to the relevant staff in a timely manner.

To enable service users wherever possible to achieve independence in looking after their health needs.

Provide written information to support this and digital information to those users with technology.

To use and maintain equipment as trained to do so and be responsible for the maintenance of the equipment ensuring it is in good working order.

To ensure stock in clinical areas is ordered to demand, stock is rotated and is stored appropriately.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charlotte Backhouse
Job title
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Stoma Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01270 612443

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
[email protected]
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