Stoma Care Nurse - Croydon Salts Healthcare

Job summary

This role in Stoma Care is to work within the Croydon Stoma Team to provide an expert Stoma Care Nursing Service to Croydon University Hospital and community as part of Croydon Health services NHS trust.

The Salts Medilink Stoma Nurse team are a team of clinical nurse specialists in stoma care who operate clinical partnerships with the NHS in various locations in England.

We offer the following service-

- Stoma and skin assessment

- Impartial advice on products

- Counselling and support

- Skin care advice

- Diet, lifestyle and travel advice

- NHS collaborative work

- New patient referrals

- Signposting for support garment fittings

Main duties of the job

- To assist with influencing, planning, organising, and implementing programmes of individual, core and strategic stoma care service delivery in accordance with trust priorities

- To attend the hospital MDT as required

- To explore opportunities to enhance patient care through nurse led initiatives

- To attend and participate in regular meetings to discuss areas regarding service provision within the Stoma Care Team

- To support the stoma care nurses in accepting referrals for and organising to meet/visit elective patients preoperatively to provide information and education to patients and their carers regarding their proposed surgery

- To assist with siting patients for their stoma forming surgery or possible stoma forming surgery involving the patient or carer in the decision-making process

- Provide patients/carers with high quality written information

- To lead ward staff in developing a plan of care for each patient incorporating discharge planning

- Provide post-operative care, information, teaching, counselling, and support to ensure patients and their carers have appropriate levels of knowledge and skills

- Provide follow up care and support during home visits as required and in the Outpatients Department

- To maintain accurate documentation and provide verbal and written reports as required

- To support the Stoma Care Nurses in the management of complex cases, communicating relevant information and ensuring appropriate referral and management for these patients with the MDT

About us

Salts Healthcare is a family-run manufacturing company based in Aston, Birmingham, specializing in ostomy and orthotic products. The company has a network of customer care centres that provide home delivery of all stoma and incontinence products, along with advisors and stoma care nurses to support prescription customers. The nursing team at Salts Healthcare is dedicated to providing high-quality care and support to patients with stoma care needs.