Colorectal 2WW Triage Nurse

Job summary

We are looking a friendly, motivated, committed individual to join our established Colorectal 2 week wait telephone Triage team Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust for 15 hours a week. The post holder will provide telephone Triage assessment for patients referred on the 2 week wait referral pathway. As a Triage nurse you will be making clinical decisions regarding which patients are fit and appropriate to have investigations and referring patients for the most appropriate investigations.

You will need excellent communication and IT skills. Ongoing support will be available with the opportunity to develop personally and clinically whilst being involved in the development of an expanding cancer service. May require cross site working. If you feel you have the necessary skills to meet this role, and that you are a dedicated professional who would like to be given the opportunity to make a difference to their patients please contact Cassie Dovey on 01905 760643 or ext 30329.

Main duties of the job

As Colorectal Triage Nurse Specialist, the post holder will have an expert knowledge base, decision making skills and clinical competencies to provide a comprehensive telephone triage and clinical assessment service to patients referred by their general practitioner on the colorectal two week pathway

Main duties of the job

Support with coordinating and delivering an effective telephone triage service ensuring the service runs smoothly and efficiently

Provide safe and appropriate clinical decision making that reflects the clinical need of the patient.

Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team communicating with GPs, colorectal consultants and cancer services etc.

Provide care and support for patients awaiting diagnostic tests.

The post holder will continue to develop the 2WW Colorectal Triage service, ensuring this encompasses the needs of the patients and is in line with Standards of good practice and cancer validation review recommendations.

The post holder will act as the key worker liaising with other Health Care Professionals to provide the best possible continuing care for patients. He/she will co-ordinate care through the patient journey from diagnosis to discharge.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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