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.
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 pateint pathway and working 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.
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Provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for benign patients including the setting of standards of care, assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
* To act as a link between the MDT and other primary and secondary care providers to provide a seamless pathway of care to patients across all Upper GI services.
* Provide a nursing contribution to policy and clinical service development within the upper GI service.
* Contribute to the Trust strategic agenda.
* Act as a key point of contact to ensure timely care and treatment for all patients on a upper GI pathway.
* Delivery of review/benign outpatient clinics.
* Support the Upper GI Consultant Surgeons in results clinics.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.