Clinical Nurse Specialist Stoma Care

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Clinical Nurse Specialist Stoma Care

£52809

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 3 days ago, 19 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 645b62d0346148ebb708c6c4ef18d8c0

Full Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Stoma Nurse Specialist position within the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, supporting the Colorectal Service across various sites. This role offers a chance to join an experienced team of Stoma Nurses in the Digestive and Emergency Surgery Care Group, contributing to the multidisciplinary approach to patient care. This position offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced Stoma Nurse to contribute to the development of colorectal services while working within a well-supported, specialist team. Working alongside the consultants and ward teams to develop and enhance stoma pathways, making it an excellent choice for those looking to expand their expertise and leadership capabilities within the field of stoma care.,

  • Clinical Expertise: Provide clinical care and advice to patients with stomas, particularly those undergoing bowel resections, cystectomies, and stoma formation surgeries.
  • Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with medical staff, dietitians, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to manage patient care.
  • Autonomous Practice: Lead nurse-led clinics and participate in clinical audits to ensure high standards of care.
  • Education and Training: Provide education to patients, staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team, across multiple sites.
  • Patient Support: Offer ongoing support to patients with established stomas and refer them to community services as needed., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
  • The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

  • Experience: Extensive experience in Stoma nursing, with the ability to maintain and develop expertise in various aspects of stoma care.
  • Communication Skills: Strong communication skills are essential to interact with patients, families, and healthcare teams effectively.
  • Autonomy and Leadership: Ability to work autonomously, providing leadership and guidance within a small, highly skilled team.
  • Cross-Site Flexibility: Work across different sites within the Trust, providing flexibility to cover any gaps within the team and ensuring continuity of care for patients across all service locations., Registered Nurse / Midwife
  • Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Desirable criteria
  • Recordable specialist qualification
  • Independent Nurse Prescribing
  • ECDL, Post registration experience
  • Extensive clinical experience
  • Involvement in audit
  • Desirable criteria
  • Participation in research
  • Evidence of leading and facilitating change, In depth specialist knowledge, Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills
  • Effective communicator
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Leadership & motivation skills
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Evidence of audit and change management ability
  • Computer literate
  • Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team, Diplomatic
  • Assertive and confident
  • Recognition of own limitations
  • Able to travel between sites
  • Flexibility, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
  • We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

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