Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Nurse Specialist Stoma Care, Band 6
Closing date: 15 April 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Stoma Nurse to deliver evidence based quality care to around 2,500 stoma patients in Gloucestershire. They will act as a resource for registered nurses, students and HCA's on the wards requiring specialist advise to support and participate in stoma education and teaching.
They will teach patients with newly formed stomas and review long term stoma patients; they will teach parents to care for their children with newly formed stomas.
The role will involve stoma care both in the Acute hospital and the community. The Stoma Care team also operate a telephone help line.
Additional working pattern details: Over 2 days
Responsibilities
* Act as a resource and support for nursing teams in care delivery.
* Teach stoma care to patients to promote independence and enhance quality of life.
* Ensure cost effective use of stoma prescription items and evidence usage to the ICB via GP surgeries and Appliance order Line.
* Answer queries raised by the telephone help line and run community and acute clinics either "face to face" or virtually.
* Regularly review stoma product usage.
* Assist with the daily delivery of stoma care, pre and post operatively and for operating community nurse led clinics and performing home visits.
* Deliver Stoma Care education programmes for staff on the wards and in Care homes.
* Work alongside nursing staff, role modelling high standards of practice whilst assessing, delivering and evaluating patient care and highlighting areas of development for team members as required.
* Administer clinical procedures/treatments within Stoma Care, acting as an expert resource for the surgical wards and the Stoma team.
* Enter and retrieve patient information from computer based systems, specifically Trak, Mime and EPR.
* Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
* Administer medication and treat within the Procedure for the Ordering, Prescribing and Administration of Medication Guidelines and contribute to the development of speciality PGDs.
* Carry out patient prescription reviews as required in GP practices and Appliance order Line.
* Deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using equipment and resources appropriately.
* Participate in audits and undertake local research relevant to Stoma care.
* Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and professional code of conduct.
* Provide support for local patient associations.
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 9,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well‑being hub and our on‑site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes.
The Stoma Care Team in Gloucestershire provide education and teaching for 2,500 patients who have newly formed or established stomas, the team work in both Cheltenham and Gloucestershire hospitals and in the community.
The Stoma Care team currently operate a 6‑day a week service and some Bank holiday working may be expected.
Person Specification
* NMC registration
* Appropriate post registration experience with experience in stoma care
* Colorectal or urological experience with experience in Stoma care
* Completion of extra stoma training eg foundation course
* Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
* Confident and able to work independently
* Demonstrate ability to use clinical reasoning skills
* Have knowledge of research and audit
* Act as a role model and lead by example
* Be able to demonstrate a specialist knowledge of stoma care
* Will be required to travel to community hospitals and patient homes.
* Have or be working towards a level 6 qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year (pa pro rata if part-time)
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