An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our colorectal team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The role is to support the colorectal team in developing and maintaining the quality of the colorectal service.

The post will be fixed term for one year for maternity cover.

Main duties of the job

The role includes the delivery of nurse led telephone follow up clinics for colorectal cancer patients. It will also involve being a point of contact/Key Worker for patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at diagnosis, staging, during treatment and in the follow up period, both face to face and via the telephone, and in helping to deliver the enhanced recovery programme (ERP) at ward level.

The successful candidate will join a team of 7 colorectal surgeons, Band 8a Lead Colorectal Nurse Specialist, 4 Band 7 Colorectal Nurse specialists and a Band 4 Navigator

If you have experience in caring for patients with colorectal cancer, within general surgery or endoscopy nursing, we would love to hear from you.

This is a challenging but hugely rewarding position for which you will require excellent communication skills, be willing to learn and have a desire to succeed. You will be fully supported in this by the existing team.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post-holder will act as a Keyworker for a defined group of patients diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer providing a link between patients and health care professionals across primary, secondary and tertiary care and act as an advocate and ongoing support for patients/families.
• The post-holder will support the development and evaluation of the colo-rectal cancer service to improve and maintain standards of patient care and promote a seamless service within a multi-disciplinary framework.
• The post-holder will support the delivery of a comprehensive nurse-led service that is holistic in its approach, evidence based and meets the individual needs of colo-rectal cancer patients.
• The post requires the ability to work autonomously whilst being supported within a well-established cohesive nursing team.
• Work towards being a clinical expert in colo-rectal cancer with good communication skills. The role requires the ability to work autonomously and independently but within an integrated collaborative team.
• The post-holder will ensure their role reflects the core components of the clinical nurse specialist which includes clinical practice, management, education, research and audit, taking into account the national cancer agenda and its impact on service delivery.

Please see job description which is attached for detailed job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN
• Experience in colorectal or endoscopy nursing
• Current NMC Registration
• Teaching and Assessing/Mentorship qualification

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ

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