Stoma Clinical Nurse Associate | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 Per Annum Pro Rata for Part Time |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | Westcliff, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7202236/390-SUR-BA-5126 |
Summary
Here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust we are looking for an enthusiastic nurse with colorectal experience to join the Stoma team at southend as an associate clinical nurse specialist to join our team based at our Southend Hospital site.
You will need to be someone who strives for excellence, work within a team and automnley, and is committed to ensuring people affected by Colorectal cancer and non cancer patients requiring surgery, have the best possible experience,
If you have experience within Colorectal team this could be the role for you
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our CNS Stoma team at Southend hospital.
The post holder will promote and develop high standards of care for Uro-oncology patients.
You will work in close collaboration with the colorectal services and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a safe and effective pathway of care.
Support of patients and their family is an essential part of this role, along with sharing CNS expertise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
This role is ideal for any nurse with either colorectal or urological surgery experience who wishes to further develop into the stoma nurse CNS role.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
· Be able to plan the appropriate care pathway to meet the needs of the individual patient in both hospital and home settings.
· Understanding the full range of treatment options available to each patient and have the ability to discuss these with the patient and family
· Be able to share and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of normal and abbnormal gastrointestinal patho-physiology
· Have a clear understanding of the range and purpose of GI investigations and the associate needs of the patient.
· Demonstrate a clear understan ding of the principles of the enhanced recoverry programme and their application to clinical practice.
· Has the ability to generate a differential diagnosis and plan, to implement and evaluate individual treatment/interventions and care packages for a selection of patient groups and show evolution of breadth of skills
· Demonstrate to ability to answer relevant questions from patients and their families about thr patients condition, and supply solutions where possible.
· Support the maintenance of the patient support group and bewsletters abd facilitate as apporpirate
· Maintain Nurse led clinics in both hospital and community settingsC.
· Clinically examine and assess patient needs form a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, advising patient carers and colleagues
· Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments
· Ensures the use of evidence based care in the delivery of care
· Priorities health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
· Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care
· Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
Further details can be found on the attached Job Description.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Jun 2025