Autonomous Colorectal Nurse Practitioner

UHCW NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is seeking an experienced nurse to join the Colorectal Nurse practitioners. The role focuses on the safe and timely delivery of the colorectal urgent suspected cancer pathway and involves leading nurse-led clinics, telephone assessments and face-to-face clinics.

The post holder must demonstrate autonomous practice, advanced knowledge in colorectal cancer and strong leadership and communication skills to work within a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Autonomous practice with advanced knowledge of colorectal cancer.
• Ability to lead nurse-led clinics and assess patients via telephone and face-to-face clinics.

Responsibilities

• Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.
• Responsible for the provision of a high quality professional nursing service across the Colorectal USC service, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
• Contributes to development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines across a number of departments, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Overall budget responsibility, as directed by the Director of Operations for nursing resources across colorectal services monitoring variance and implementing contingency plans as appropriate.
• Responsible for development, implementation and evaluation of projects to improve patient care and service development through the audit cycle, linking to the clinical governance framework and business planning process. Utilise extensive understanding of colorectal cancer pathway to deliver specialist nursing to colorectal patients at all points of the pathway.
• Undertake direct workload requiring moderate to high physical effort according to patient dependency or staff need.
• Demonstrate through effective leadership the ability to provide professional and emotional support to individuals and groups, e.g. during difficult situations or unexpected events.

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is seeking an experienced nurse to join the Colorectal Nurse practitioners. The role focuses on the safe and timely delivery of the colorectal urgent suspected cancer pathway and involves leading nurse-led clinics, telephone assessments and face-to-face clinics.

The post holder must demonstrate autonomous practice, advanced knowledge in colorectal cancer and strong leadership and communication skills to work within a dynamic,