Job summary
- Main area
- Stoma Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (The service runs five days a week. The hours of work at present will be Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm. The post holder will also work the first Saturday of each month when rostered to cover the Saturday Support Group from 9am- 1pm. This is in addition to the 15 rostered hours)
- Job ref
- 164-7654119
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 16/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Stoma Care Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 registered nurse to join the Adult Stoma Care Nurses (SCN) Team to deliver a high quality, effective and forward thinking stoma care service based at the City Hospital Campus Nottingham NUH Trust
As an Adult SCN you will be responsible for providing specialist nursing interventions to achieve and maintain the highest standards of stoma care and nephrostomy care within the hospital, outpatient and community setting.
If you possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, have the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and have a specialist interest in developing the service we provide then please apply, we would be happy to have you as part of our team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with evidence of post registration experience and professional development. Relevant specialist knowledge and skills in stoma care and nephrostomy care
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required to maintain and develop relationships within a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
You will ultimately use your knowledge and skills to provide expert, efficient and safe patient care. You will demonstrate clinical judgement and critical decision-making skills based upon evidence based practice, and you will learn and develop from working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team in order to meet the urgent care needs of patients.
You will be based at City Campus, and there will be a requirement to undertake home visits and facilitate the local Stoma support group.
We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic, innovative and flexible individual with the ability to prioritise a potentially demanding and diverse workflow, to work on their own initiative, and as a member of a growing team.
Working for our organisation
With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Current level one NMC registration
- Experience in caring for patients who have a stoma/nephrostomy
- Experience of communication within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment
- Basic computer skills
- Able to use Office programmes such as Word, Excel, and Power Point etc. (or similar)
- Demonstrate ability to work both autonomously and as part of a multi professional team
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize own workload, recognize and respond appropriately to urgent situations
- Demonstrate ability to delegate appropriate tasks to other colleagues
- Demonstrate knowledge of current issues relating to the NHS policies
- Experience of data collection and analysis.
- Excellent time keeping and time management
- Fit and able to manage a patient workload across both campuses of NUH and the Nottingham Treatment Centre
- Willingness and ability to work, across both campuses at NUH, independently at weekends, bank holidays (approximately 1 in 3 but may vary in frequency) and late cover.
- Must have a British Driving Licence and be willing to work independently in the community on home visits
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
Desirable
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Modules in Stoma Care
- Counselling Course
- Over one year Band 6 experience
- Experience in delivering teaching/training to patients and fellow staff members within the healthcare setting
- Advanced Communication Course
- Experience of breaking bad news
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
- Sarah McNamee
- Job title
- Stoma Care Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9627736
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