Overview
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An exciting opportunity to join the Northumbria UGI Services has arisen, and as such we are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Band 6 UGI Nurse Specialist to join our team, working full time 37.5 hours per week.
This Band 6 Nurse Specialist will work within a small but dynamic team caring for patients referred for bariatric and benign surgery, endoscopy and oesophageal physiology procedures.
Responsibilities
* Streamline the patient pathway and work closely with the wider UGI team, endoscopy departments, dietetics, psychology, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices, district nursing team.
* Provide skilled and knowledgeable care and advice to patients and their carers.
* Complete assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients undergoing investigation, benign or bariatric surgery.
* Work with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Engage with external agencies to provide a high-quality service for patients and their carers.
* Contribute to the development of high-quality services within Northumbria Healthcare.
About the Trust / Services
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients. Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Contact for details / informal visits
Name: Dawn Elliot
Job title: Lead UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email: dawn.elliott@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07500 782860
Employment specifics
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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