We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and experienced Band 6 Community Stoma Nurse to join our dynamic and supportive community nursing team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to patients with stoma needs across the community setting.
You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist stoma care, education, and support to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals. The role involves both planned and responsive care, supporting early discharge, preventing hospital admissions, and promoting independence and self-management.
This post is ideal for a nurse with a strong interest in stoma care who is looking to develop their clinical expertise and leadership skills in a community setting.
Provide expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients with a stoma.
Deliver specialist advice and support to patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals regarding stoma management and related issues.
Undertake home visits and clinics across the locality, ensuring timely and effective care delivery.
Support patients pre- and post-operatively, including stoma siting, education, and psychological support.
Work collaboratively with acute and community teams to ensure seamless care pathways and effective discharge planning.
Participate in the development and delivery of training and education for staff, patients, and carers.
Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives within the stoma care service.
Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with Trust policies and NMC standards.
Act as a clinical resource and role model, supporting junior staff and students.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Miller Job title: Team leader Email address: Samantha.Miller@merseycare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07773938876
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