Clinical Nurse Specialist Upper GI (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Nursing - George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust – Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Job Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist Upper GI
Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 months)
Closing Date: 30th of November 2024
Interview Date: 6th of December 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Manage caseload on an ongoing basis including making modifications within prescribed parameters and reporting back to the Consultant.
2. Autonomously perform specialist nurse procedures in line with Trust protocols and NMC guidance.
3. Provide advice in relation to the care of individual or groups of patients.
4. Responsible for the effective management of allocated resources.
5. Responsible for procurement and maintenance of physical assets and supplies for the service.
6. Demonstrate best practice and relevant knowledge of the NHS and modernisation agenda, seeking to develop the service as part of the professional team.
7. Contribute to the development of the corporate nursing strategy ensuring local action plans produced, implemented and evaluated.
8. Represent the Trust at external events, networking with professional colleagues to maximise the opportunities of promoting the Trust and benchmarking practice with peers.
9. Clinical Audit: Assist in the gathering of information for ongoing audit projects.
10. Ensure that all patients have a key worker and coordinate patients’ pathways.
11. Monitor MDT standards in conjunction with MDT co-ordinator.
12. Implement evidence-based practice.
13. Request and track relevant investigations post MDT once appropriately trained to do so.
14. Provide physical, psychological and social support for patients/clients diagnosed with an Upper GI condition.
15. Participate/organise meetings for Upper GI groups to enhance the development of Upper GI conditions across Primary and Secondary health care.
16. Provide educational sessions to multi-disciplinary groups (Medical staff, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Occupational therapists, and external interest groups).
17. Project management – improved communication between primary and secondary care.
Our Values:
Here at George Eliot, our vision to excel at patient care takes centre stage. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper; they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
Xcellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:
On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in-house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden, and generous subsidised on-site parking.
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