An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic appropriately experience , qualified nurse to join the colorectal team at James cook university hospital.

The post holder will provide specialist nursing support to patients with Colorectal Cancers and willbe an integral part of the multi-professional colorectal cancer team

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be mentored and supported by the Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist Nursing team and will carry a supervised caseload providing specialist nursing advice, information and support to patients with colorectal cancers and their families at all stages of their disease, and, in particular whilst they are being cared for at South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust thus ensuring a smooth transition of care from primary surgery through to radiotherapy/chemotherapy and into the community. Strong links will be expected to be maintained across the surgical and oncology pathway to ensure seamless care for the patient.

The post holder will liaise with services within South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust and with other key partners such as community teams, social services, hospices and voluntary agencies to ensure quality service provision for all patients under their care. They will contribute to improving clinical practice, enhancing service provision and streamliningpatient focused care. The post holder will be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and network with other professionals, locally and nationally for the purpose of contributing to developing practice, research and audit, development of standardised patient information, and clinical supervision.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• NMC level 1 registration
• 1st level degree or working towards
• Specialist qualification in cancer care/colorectal nursing or willing to undertake
• Teaching Qualification ENB 998 or C& G 730 or equivalent
• Hold a record of continuous professional and academic development.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience.
• Experience of working within a busy clinical environment and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding and experience of service improvement

Desirable

• Experience in providing care for patients with colorectal cancer

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Matron Road

Middlesbrough

TS43BW

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