Overview
An exciting opportunity to join the Northumbria UGI Services as a Band 6 UGI Nurse Specialist. This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week).
The 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. This will involve streamlining the patient pathway and working closely with the wider UGI team, endoscopy departments, dietetics, psychology, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices and district nursing teams.
Responsibilities
* 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.
* Streamline the patient pathway and work with the wider UGI team, endoscopy departments, dietetics, psychology, radiology, pathology, MDT coordinators, GP practices and district nursing teams.
Organisation
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. You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. This is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare — this is the Northumbria Way!
Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
How to apply / Further details
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Dawn Elliot
Job title: Lead UGI Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email: dawn.elliott@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07500 782860
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