Job summary
Employer heading
Stoma Care Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, motivated and experienced registered nurse to join the dynamic and diverse stoma care team.
The applicant must have an excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience in a surgical unit / ward, and is motivated to help the specialist team in delivering safe and quality care to people with stoma, in the hospital and in the community.
Along with the stoma care team, you will deliver high-quality specialist ostomy care to people with stoma, or those who are about to have a stoma. You will aim to prepare the patient and their family for the upcoming surgery. You will be part of the expert team in training the patient and/or their carers in managing their stoma after the surgery, and plan for their safe discharge. You will also have an opportunity to follow their journey by seeing them in the stoma nurse-led clinic, or at their home, ensuring an optimal quality of life is restored.
As a CNS, you will also be involved in improving the service by starting or participating on quality improvement projects or research. You will also have an opportunity to educate hospital staff, students, and other groups in community about stoma care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist stoma care nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised stoma care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and in line with local and national targets
- The post holder will provide specialist nursing care and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical speciality. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.
- Continued development and management of nurse led clinics, telephone and email advice line.
- To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for other stoma care nurses in the trust. Act as a professional role model providing direct and indirect stoma care, teaching and research
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RGN)
- Degree in Nursing
Desirable criteria
- Stoma care course
- Evidence of continuing education
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of stoma care
- Ability to practice within scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate commitments through involvement in Trust wide initiatives / committees
Experience
Essential criteria
- Surgical ward / unit experience
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing skills
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
- Bernard McKAY
- Job title
- CNS Lead - Stoma Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
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