Clinical Nurse Specialist Colorectal

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Registered Nurse to join the colorectal nursing team dedicated to providing high quality specialist nursing care. If you are an experienced Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist looking for an opportunity to develop your career further within colorectal nursing and are dynamic, enthusiastic and compassionate, with the ability to work in a fast paced environment then you are just what we are looking for to join our team.

Main duties of the job

?To lead and coordinate the delivery and development of the colorectal cancer service through the use of effective evidence based practice in line with agreed national standards for patient safety and clinical practice? To provide the highest standard of holistic care for patients through the utilisation of advanced clinical skills and advice in the assessment and management of patients, working autonomously and with the multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality and safety of patient care? To work autonomously and be accountable for the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to colorectal cancer and as set out in the NMC code? To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework to ensure the highest quality of care is provide in the safest manner? To provide clinical leadership, expertise and specialist clinical advice and support to clinical staff on the management and care of patients within the colorectal service and lead the effective delivery of care to patients? To lead the in provision of expert specialist knowledge, care and experience to support to the wider nursing team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times? To lead and participate in the continuing improvement of services in line with the Trust objectives? To lead the provision of education and training to clinical staff and internal/external agencies

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.