Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, self-motivated nurse to join the team. This is permanent role (36 hours per week) across Monday to Friday.
The post holder will be expected to provide clinical expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of the client group. You will monitor and improve standards of care through, supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. You will actively contribute to the clinical governance processes within the service.
Candidates must be able to travel independently transporting any required equipment in order to facilitate cross site working.
Main duties of the job
- Assess patients fitness and understanding of the procedure, provide information leaflet and complete ERCP pathway
- Minimise on the day cancellations by providing wards with pre procedure advice regarding the care of ERCP patients
- Ensure patients' blood results are in range prior to the procedure and arrange corrections if not
- Ensure that the ward teams have a full hand over following the procedure with a clear management plan from the consultant
- Be a point of contact for the ward and endoscopy teams in case of any concerns with the patient and be able to provide specialist advice and support
- Act as a resource in the coordination and effective management of the admission and discharge process
- Participate in the development and evaluation/guidelines/protocols for clinical practice
- Complete the pre assessment checks at the pre assessment clinic for outpatient ERCP
- Work with tertiary ERCP teams for patients who require speciality input
- Attend MDT meetings
- Provide a follow up service for patients the day following outpatient procedures and again at 30 days
- Liaise with GPs to reduce hospital readmissions.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
The post holder will be required to:
- Assess, plan and implement programmes of evidenced based care for the patient group.
- Plan and manage own workload in a flexible manner, ensuring needs of patient caseload are met.
- Ensure that all aspects of patients care and interactions are documented in line with trust policies on trust systems and departmental databases.
- Participating in meetings if requested by the Matron and senior nursing team.
- Maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist nurses both externally and within WWL.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
The post holder will be required to:
- Support patients and relatives to access relevant information and support, including sign posting for support services within hospital and community services.
- Alongside relevant teams be responsible in ensuring patients have been contacted around upcoming appointments, providing relevant information and ensuring patients are aware of any follow up if required.
- Work with the tertiary ERCP/Gastroenterology teams for patients who require specialist input regarding their care.
- Maintain own and others awareness of relevant research evidence related to practice and work with others in applying this research to current practice as appropriate.
- Networking with peers internally and externally to ensure ongoing service development.
- Take part in reflection and learning from practice in order to maintain and develop competence and performance as appropriate
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Adhere to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
The post holder will promote life-long learning through the use of appropriate coaching, teaching and assessment in practice by:
- Contribute to the delivery of specific and relevant teaching programmes for all disciplines and grades of staff, client group and carers within the Trust in relation to area of
- Review and evaluate relevant teaching programmes and contribute to the development of new programmes when a need is
- Pursue his/her own education in line with national agendas, and personal need formulating personal objectives related to service need within personal development plan.
- Seek appropriate peer support and clinical supervision, as agreed with matron.
- Participate in the development of clinical governance systems and structures ensuring service is represented as
Research and Development
- Ensure all clinical practice is evidence
- Evaluate clinical practice by contributing to audits of service/role.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current research in all aspects of his/her work and to advise others on the implementation of relevant research findings to
- Participate in research projects in response to identified needs as identified by the
- Disseminate results/research findings via local
- Promote the shared objectives of the multidisciplinary team by working closely to ensure that best practice is achieved utilising both Clinical Benchmarking and Essence of Care processes to achieve
- Development and management of biliary stent register
- Family and friends survey
- Complete patient experience feedback
- Complete readmission and post ERCP complication audits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
The post holder will be required to:
- Assess, plan and implement programmes of evidenced based care for the patient group.
- Plan and manage own workload in a flexible manner, ensuring needs of patient caseload are met.
- Ensure that all aspects of patients care and interactions are documented in line with trust policies on trust systems and departmental databases.
- Participating in meetings if requested by the Matron and senior nursing team.
- Maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist nurses both externally and within WWL.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
The post holder will be required to:
- Support patients and relatives to access relevant information and support, including sign posting for support services within hospital and community services.
- Alongside relevant teams be responsible in ensuring patients have been contacted around upcoming appointments, providing relevant information and ensuring patients are aware of any follow up if required.
- Work with the tertiary ERCP/Gastroenterology teams for patients who require specialist input regarding their care.
- Maintain own and others awareness of relevant research evidence related to practice and work with others in applying this research to current practice as appropriate.
- Networking with peers internally and externally to ensure ongoing service development.
- Take part in reflection and learning from practice in order to maintain and develop competence and performance as appropriate
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Adhere to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
The post holder will promote life-long learning through the use of appropriate coaching, teaching and assessment in practice by:
- Contribute to the delivery of specific and relevant teaching programmes for all disciplines and grades of staff, client group and carers within the Trust in relation to area of
- Review and evaluate relevant teaching programmes and contribute to the development of new programmes when a need is
- Pursue his/her own education in line with national agendas, and personal need formulating personal objectives related to service need within personal development plan.
- Seek appropriate peer support and clinical supervision, as agreed with matron.
- Participate in the development of clinical governance systems and structures ensuring service is represented as
Research and Development
- Ensure all clinical practice is evidence
- Evaluate clinical practice by contributing to audits of service/role.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current research in all aspects of his/her work and to advise others on the implementation of relevant research findings to
- Participate in research projects in response to identified needs as identified by the
- Disseminate results/research findings via local
- Promote the shared objectives of the multidisciplinary team by working closely to ensure that best practice is achieved utilising both Clinical Benchmarking and Essence of Care processes to achieve
- Development and management of biliary stent register
- Family and friends survey
- Complete patient experience feedback
- Complete readmission and post ERCP complication audits
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification in Gastroenterology or Oncology or willing to work towards
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- To be able to demonstrate proven extensive post registration experience
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Effective management / leadership skills
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Basic Computer Literacy
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of the pathway for HPB cancer patients
- Demonstrates an understanding of the audit process in implementing the clinical governance agenda
- Demonstrate an understanding of research and how to apply research findings in practice
Additional
Essential
- Ability to travel between different Trust sites to attend Regional Meetings
- Able to work flexibly
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Recognition of own limitations
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification in Gastroenterology or Oncology or willing to work towards
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- To be able to demonstrate proven extensive post registration experience
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Effective management / leadership skills
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Basic Computer Literacy
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of the pathway for HPB cancer patients
- Demonstrates an understanding of the audit process in implementing the clinical governance agenda
- Demonstrate an understanding of research and how to apply research findings in practice
Additional
Essential
- Ability to travel between different Trust sites to attend Regional Meetings
- Able to work flexibly
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Recognition of own limitations
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
