Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Northumbria UGI Services has arisen, and as such we are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Band 6 UGI Nurse Specialist to join our team, working full time 37.5 hours per week.
The Band 6 Nurse Specialist will work within a small but dynamic team caring for patients referred for bariatric and benign surgery, endoscopy and oesophageal physiology procedures.
This will involve streamlining the pateint pathway and working closely with the wider UGI team, endoscopy departments, dietetics, psychology, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices, district nursing team.
Main duties of the job
Provide skilled and knowledgeable care and advice to patients and their carers.Complete assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients undergoing investigation, benign or bariatric surgery.Work with all members of the multidisciplinary team.Engage with external agencies to provide a high-quality service for patients and their carers.Contribute to the development of high-quality services within Northumbria Healthcare.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for benign patients including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
To act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers to provide a seamless pathway of care to patients across all Upper GI services.
Provide a nursing contribution to policy and clinical service development within the upper GI service.
Contribute to the Trust strategic agenda.
Act as a key point of contact to ensure timely care and treatment for all patients on a upper GI pathway.
Delivery of review/benign outpatient clinics.
Support the Upper GI Consultant Surgeons in results clinics.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for benign patients including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
To act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers to provide a seamless pathway of care to patients across all Upper GI services.
Provide a nursing contribution to policy and clinical service development within the upper GI service.
Contribute to the Trust strategic agenda.
Act as a key point of contact to ensure timely care and treatment for all patients on a upper GI pathway.
Delivery of review/benign outpatient clinics.
Support the Upper GI Consultant Surgeons in results clinics.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC required Registered Nurse
- Registered Mentor
- PP126/127 } or equivalent
- D32/33
- Degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training and experience or equivalent.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in specialty
Desirable
- Experience in Benign upper GI specialty
- Experience of patients on a cancer pathway
- Special interest in training for Endoscopy clinical/Benign technical procedures.
Other Requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC required Registered Nurse
- Registered Mentor
- PP126/127 } or equivalent
- D32/33
- Degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training and experience or equivalent.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in specialty
Desirable
- Experience in Benign upper GI specialty
- Experience of patients on a cancer pathway
- Special interest in training for Endoscopy clinical/Benign technical procedures.
Other Requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
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).
