To be professionally accountable for the delivery of standards of professional practice and behaviours as set by the Nursing & Midwifery Council. To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family. To promote public health and well‑being.
Responsibilities
* Ensuring safe and effective clinical practise.
* Enhancing the patient’s experience.
* Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives.
* Efficient and effective use of resources.
* Maintaining a high standard of safe clinical care and record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, national legislation and local standards.
* Taking personal responsibility for actions and omissions, and fully recognising personal accountability.
* Practising within an ethical framework based upon dignity and respect for the well‑being and safety of patients and clients.
* Acting as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence‑based practice within own work area.
* Contributing to the development and implementation of evidence‑based protocols, standards, policies and clinical guidelines within own work area.
* Ensuring a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, patient feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.
* Promoting a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare‑associated infection prevention, clinical governance, risk management and critical incident reporting and root cause analysis.
* Demonstrating effective communication within the multi‑professional team regarding patient care.
* Undertaking interventional procedures with appropriate consent.
* Assessing the risks involved in the care of patients and ensuring utilisation of practices and protocols to minimise those risks, including safe use of medical devices.
* Reporting incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and taking effective action to minimise future risk.
* Providing specialist advice to own and other professions on therapeutic interventions and clinical practice.
* Implementing practices that are appropriate to patient and service need through in‑depth knowledge, implications of and applying epidemiological, demographic, social, political and professional trends and developments.
* Leading by example, developing self and other staff, and influencing the way care is given in a manner that is innovative, open and responds to individual needs.
* Providing clinical supervision to other staff.
* Working harmoniously and effectively with colleagues, patients and clients and their carers, families and friends, seeking advice from senior practitioners as necessary.
* Practising within the scope of personal professional competence and extending this scope as appropriate to service needs.
* Delegating aspects of care to others and accepting responsibility and accountability for such delegation.
* Participating in peer review of own practice.
* Day‑to‑day supervision/training of staff/students.
* Critically appraising and synthesising the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and applying the information when seeking to improve practice.
* Assessing individuals holistically using a range of different assessment methods, using physical examination skills, ordering diagnostic tests for client groups.
Qualifications
* Highly motivated, committed individual with a background in colorectal, surgical or cancer nursing.
* Band 6 Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role.
* Degree level education with relevant experience within the specialty.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Strong teamwork and collaborative approach.
* Commitment to ongoing professional development and participation in the colorectal nursing team.
Benefits
Flexible working arrangements are available and the Trust considers all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly, taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service.
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