Colorectal Support Nurse

NHS; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a colorectal support nurse to join their colorectal team. The successful candidate will triage patients referred from GPs, engage in sensitive conversations, and support the colorectal MDT. Required qualifications include Registered General Nurse and mentorship. This part-time position offers a salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Experience at Band 5 or 6 in a hospital setting or equivalent.
• Demonstrable commitment to education, training, and personal development.
• Knowledge of how health care organisations work.

Responsibilities

• Triaging patients over the telephone who have been referred from the GP.
• Liaising with consultants and other teams for effective triaging.
• Supporting the colorectal MDT.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Ambitious

Team player

Copes well under pressure

Education

Registered General Nurse

Mentorship or equivalent in Teaching and Assessing

Counselling Course

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our colorectal team as a colorectal support nurse. The role of the support nurse is to support all areas of the team, including Straight to test (STT), Colorectal cancer care and stoma care. This post will predominantly be working with the STT team and will involve triaging patient's who have been referred on the STT rapid access pathway from their GP.

You will be part of a nurse led pathway to assess patients and where ever possible send them straight to an investigation that is appropriate for them. You will need to be confident at communicating with patient's both face to face and over the telephone.

You will be required to work autonomously and be confident in following nurse led protocols using your own knowledge and experience to interpret information, assess patient's and plan care appropriately.

Main duties of the job

Triaging patients over the telephone who have been referred from the GP.

Interpret results and request investigations accordingly.

Liaise with consultants, registrars, endoscopy, radiology and other teams to ensure patients are triaged quickly and efficiently.

Often engaging in difficult and sensitive conversations with patients.

Discussing and assessing patients who may have been referred from an alternative source, such as other teams within the hospital or A&E department.

Supporting in clinic with the assessment of patients.

Supporting the colorectal MDT

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• oRegistered General Nurse
• oMentorship or equivalent in Teaching and Assessing
• oDegree or willingness to undertake.
• oCounselling Course
• oCommunications Course

Experience and knowledge

• oExperience at Band 5 or 6 in a hospital setting or equivalent
• oResolving user concerns effectively
• oKnowledge of how health care organisations work
• oDemonstrable understanding of the NMC Scope of Professional
• oExperience of working on own initiative and prioritising workload
• oDemonstrable commitment to education, training and personal development
• oResearch and Audit
• oExperience in colorectal or stoma care

Skills and Abilities

• oExcellent oral and written communication skills
• oExcellent organisational skills/ prioritisation/ time management
• oExcellent interpersonal skills.
• oAble to expand duties as the role develops
• oCounselling skills
• oAmbitious
• oCopes well under pressure
• oTeam player with a pleasant and reassuring manner
• oCurrent understanding of key issues -facing the NHS both locally and nationally
• oFlexible approach to working hours/duties

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.

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

179-7543837-C

Job locations

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust