Stoma Care Nurse | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated registered nurse to join us in the Wirral Stoma Care Team. The role covers hospital and community. Seeing patients pre and post operative. Assessing planning and implementing care for these patients and their carers.

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients undergoing Stoma surgery.
• Identify and assess progress +/- complications and advise treatment options available.
• Assist with the development of clinical services within stoma care.
• Assist in the planning of specialist nursing provision in hospital and community setting.
• Act as a resource for primary and secondary care settings offering highly specialist education and training.
• Communicate sensitive and complicated clinical information to patients and carers relating to condition where there may be significant barriers to acceptance.
• Identify the need for and undertake research, clinical audit, benchmarking, and equipment trials in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings to professional groups through presentation and publication.
• Collect, collate, evaluate, and report information maintaining accurate patient records
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.