Job overview
Our well-established Colorectal service at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, motivated and innovative nurse to lead and clinically support the lower Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist Team.
The successful candidate will join a friendly, supportive, specialised Team who are passionate about delivering a high quality, successful, patient centred service. Leadership, innovation, motivation and excellent communications skills are essential, as is the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with the MDT to ensure seamless communication and care coordination.
We have a supportive culture and by joining us you can play a role in shaping an organisation that continues to put patient care first.
Main duties of the job
To provide expert specialist nursing support, treatment, and leadership as part of the management and consultant team. This will include autonomous practice, assessment and treatment of patients and development of new areas of practice ensuring all quality standards are met. This will include development and expansion of the specialist service within BHR clinical governance framework, NICE guidelines and London Cancer Network guidelines, in collaboration with other CNS’s and under the managerial supervision.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in ; we’ve opened at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Counselling Skills training
Desirable criteria
2. Non medical prescriber
3. Physical examination qualification
4. Oncology or haematology post registration qualification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
5. Registered Nurse with a minimum of 2 years colorectal CNS experience at band 7
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
6. Advanced communication skills training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.