Staff Nurse - New Gastro & Colorectal Wards, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare trust is seeking a Colorectal/Gastro Nurse to join their team in Shrewsbury. The role involves providing specialist care for patients with conditions like colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Candidates should be dedicated and compassionate, ready to make a difference in patient care while working in a supportive, team-oriented environment. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Commitment to improving patient care through leadership.
• Ability to provide specialist nursing advice.
• Experience in clinical governance and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Maintain standards and professional practice.
• Provide specialist nursing advice and support.
• Support development of staff through education and role modeling.

Job description

Job overview

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Are you ready to progress your career in colorectal/Gastro nursing? Would you like to be a part of a well-established, enthusiastic Colorectal/Gastro Ward Nursing Team? If you are committed to improving patient care through effective leadership, advanced clinical practice and education we can offer the opportunity to join the Trust, as a Colorectal/Gastro Nurse In the role you will learn to provide specialist care and support for patients with a variety of colorectal/Gastro conditions including Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

We are proudly opening 2 brand new purpose built 28 bedded Modular Wards with great facilities for our patients and staff.

We currently work closely with our specialist nurses, who offer the Ward support, teaching and have an excellent patient rapport.

As we are expanding our bed base we may be in a position to transmit the fixed term contracts to permanent contracts.

We promote development and actively encourage staff to share their knowledge within the teams. We encourage staff to rotate between our teams to maintain their skill set in the two specialities.

Main duties of the job

• You will be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards and professional practice as set by Trust Policies/Procedures, the NMC Code and Behaviour and relevant professional guidelines
• Provide specialist nursing advice to patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support within the services, being a point of contact for assessment, information and advice for the patient, family and carers
• In liaison with others support the development of staff caring for patients through support, formal education, practice development and role modelling
• To teach and act as a facilitator and supervisor to other staff
• In conjunction with other relevant clinical staff, you will assist with clinical development in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance
• Use a range of techniques to ensure and monitor standards of clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to continually improve standards of care and patient experience
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice
• Enhance patient experience
• Ensure effective delivery of organisational objectives

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