Stoma Care Nurse Specialist

An opportunity has risen within St Mark's Hospital Stoma and Pouch Care department. We are looking for a highly motivated Registered nurse with at least 2 years of colorectal and GI nursing experience to join our team of clinical nurse specialists based at Central Middlesex Hospital., The post holder will provide long term management and support to patients with a stoma or fistula, and also support the pouch nurse specialists within the team. You will work cross-site Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospital sites. This specific care will be provided through comprehensive clinical skills, information, advice and support to patients undergoing pouch/ stoma forming surgery in addition to the continued development and management of Nurse Led Clinics and the telephone and email advice lines.

The stoma care department at St Mark's Hospital is one of the largest teams in the UK for stoma and fistula management. As a tertiary referral centre we create significant number of new stomas and ileoanal pouches per annum. We also offer long-term support to community patients in the local boroughs of Harrow, Ealing and Brent., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.