Clinical Nurse Specialist - Stoma Care

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 registered nurse to join our service. We are a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists and support staff working in the speciality of Stoma Care. We are a diverse service providing service delivery throughout the patient's surgical pathway; pre-operative nurse-led satellite clinics to inpatient care within University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust, follow-up nurse-led satellite clinics, telephone clinics and domiciliary visits.

We are looking for a registered nurse with a first degree or working towards a qualification in Stoma Care (Level 6 or 7) and teaching qualification. You will have a background in surgical, cancer or community nursing with an innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic approach to practice, looking to expand knowledge and experience within the speciality of stoma care. The successful applicant will provide high quality, evidence-based assessment, diagnostic and specialist interventions for patients who require colorectal, urological or gynaecology surgery and formation of a stoma.

The successful applicant will be expected to undertake further training in stoma care and there will be opportunity to work towards becoming an independent nurse prescriber. You will be supported to develop your role and to contribute to improvements with service delivery. For more information on the post, please contact Joanna Wagland via email joanna.wagland1@nhs.net / 07747776526 or deborah.stenning1@nhs.net / 07393006026

Main duties of the job

• CNS working as a key team member providing a service to patients with a stoma as inpatients, outpatients, phone/video clinics, home visits as appropriate.
• Autonomously manage and accountable for a caseload of patients providing specialist nursing care including comprehensive clinical skills.
• To take responsibility for prescribing such medications as are deemed professionally appropriate in line with National Prescribing Formulary, stoma acute medication formulary and Trust policies and procedures having successfully completed the Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification.
• Undertake and participate in research and clinical audits within own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence, underpinned by evidence-based practice.
• Participate in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team across Southampton City and parts of West Hampshire, within the acute sector and at a national and international level in stoma care.
• Provide expert clinical advice and support to all members of the multidisciplinary team within the trust, locally and nationally.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse.
• First degree or working towards qualification in Stoma Care (Level 6).
• Teaching qualification.
• Evidence of post registration academic development.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Jo Wagland
joanna.wagland1@nhsnet
07747776526