Colorectal & Stoma Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

Planned Care Division

Colorectal & Stoma Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Hillingdon Hospital Trust is a District General Hospital in West London. The hospital serves the borough of Hillingdon (population >300,000). The London Borough of Hillingdon is contiguous with the Hillingdon Primary Care Trust and Clinical Commissioning Group. It incorporates Heathrow Airport and has a spectrum of ethnicity and deprivation consistent with its location. The Trust gained foundation status in April 2011 and comprises of Hillingdon Hospital situated in the south of the Borough, which supports acute services, paediatric and maternity services. Mount Vernon Hospital, to the North of the borough, delivers out-patient services, elective surgery, elective Endoscopy and some older people's services. Mount Vernon also hosts the North and East Hertfordshire Cancer Centre which our patients use.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Colorectal & Stoma CNS to join the colorectal nursing team at Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust. The trust runs a busy colorectal surgical unit across two sites, Hillingdon and Mount Vernon hospitals. The colorectal unit is supported by five colorectal surgeons and the colorectal nurse team. The nursing team consists of three clinical nurse specialists and one stoma nursing assistant.

We are seeking a highly motivated, clinically experienced band 7 looking to develop their colorectal and stoma nursing skills in this dual role position

Main duties of the job

As a Colorectal and Stoma Care CNS you will:

• Implement best practice associated with colorectal and stoma care nursing.
• Provide specialist nursing care to patients with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer and benign diseases of the colon.
• Act as a named keyworker contact for patients with a colorectal malignancy, their relatives and carers on behalf of the colorectal cancer MDT and provide support for patients and carers from the time of diagnosis onwards.
• Provide specialist nursing care to patients who require a stoma for malignant or benign reasons.
• Be responsible for the co-ordination of the patient's treatment pathway, acting as a link between primary, secondary and tertiary care.
• Contribute to improving patient experience throughout their pathway.
• For any further information and enquiries please contact Claire King, Colorectal & Stoma CNS on 01895 279391 or email claire.king26@nhs.net
• The post holder will deliver specialist training and education programmes at all levels both in hospital and community settings. The post holder will work within a small team and at times unsupervised. Monthly clinical supervision is provided. They will assist in and initiate the development of protocols and procedures, and in research and clinical audit for the specialty.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.