A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to develop a nurse-led straight to test (STT service) within the GI Physiology service to streamline the pathway for our patients and enable timely appointments for our patients. This is a new concept for this specific pathway so someone with an interest in GI Physiology and also in service development is required.
Undertake 3 one-stop clinics per week and 1 follow up clinic. The one stop clinic will involve clinical assessment and appropriate physiological testing and/ or biofeedback/bowel management. As such, the successful candidate will have a good understanding and experience of GI Nursing and ideally be trained in anorectal physiology and/or bowel management.
The successful candidate will also set up and support an advice service for patients to aid patient experience and avoid unnecessary outpatient appointments.
As this is a 12 month funded post, the successful candidate would need to work closely with the consultants and service manager to measure the success of this post
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
The departmentis made up of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team, with consultants, enhanced and advanced nurses, physiologists, psychologists, healthcare assistants and a dedicated administrative team. The successful candidate would have support from all team members and additional training can be given.
A degree of flexible working including hybrid working (working from home) is available outside of clinical duties. We would envisage that, as this is a new role, onsite presence most of the time to begin with would be required to support trainingCome and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placetowork, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Dec 2024
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