Main area Nursing Grade Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Part time - 34 hours per week (Potential for full time hours at a later date)
Job ref 320-SURG-1174
Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Derby Hospital
Town Derby
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata pa
Salary period Yearly
Closing 20/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 06/03/2025
Job overview
Are you an experienced Stoma nurse who is ready for a new challenge of leading a team? Are you ready to take the next steps in your career and develop your leadership skills, manage and lead on quality improvement projects and work together with the MDT to further enhance the service our hospital provides?
Alongside leadership and development of management skills, with the support of the team and Matron, the post holder will also be responsible for delivering pre and post operative care for patients undergoing life changing surgery whether that be temporary or permanent. The post holder will need to travel to undertake visits to patients in their own homes, on wards and in clinic settings, therefore being a car owner and driver is essential.
As core members of the Colorectal Multi-Disciplinary Team, the Stoma Nurses are committed to working within the framework of the National Cancer Service Guidelines. To initiate contact with patients prior to Stoma surgery in Acute and Primary settings in order that the patients receive support, information and holistic management of care. Thus, ensuring a smooth transition from Acute to Primary Care.
Main duties of the job
1. To be clinically accountable and responsible for the provision of an efficient Stoma Care service within the community and hospitals of Southern Derbyshire.
2. To deliver planned holistic support encompassing the physical and psychological aspects of stoma surgery pre and post-operatively, working with approved protocol and guidelines.
3. To maintain effective communication/liaison with medical and nursing staff, pharmacists and other relevant statutory and voluntary agencies, ensuring a comprehensive quality service is delivered to patients.
4. To maintain accurate contemporaneous records of all patients to ensure professional/legal obligations are met.
5. To act as specialist resource for medical nursing staff within both the Community and Acute settings.
6. Initiate design and implement formal education and training programmes for all nursing levels within the Community and Acute sectors.
7. To raise awareness with regard to Stoma care for medical, nursing and other disciplines as appropriate. On-going follow-up evaluation and monitoring programme.
8. To work within agreed Clinical Governance framework, in regular audits to continuously improve the quality of service and its effectiveness and future development. Ensuring practice is research based.
Minimum Requirements
* Degree level or Equivalent level of expertise within the speciality.
* Qualification in leadership.
* Holds a valid driving licence.
* Extensive and demonstrable experience working directly with stoma patients.
* Experience of working within a community setting.
* Experience of working within the acute setting.
* Experience of leading a team / mentoring.
* Experience of case load management within the specialism.
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Important Information
If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.
Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.
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