ERAS/Stoma Care CNS | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7394835/236-OCO-NM529-25 |
Summary
An exciting, unique opportunity has arisen to join the Colorectal and Stoma Care Team for a 8-month secondment (dependant on commencement date) in the role of ERAS+ Nurse / Stoma Care Nurse.
Working as part of the colorectal nursing time you will for stoma care patients be expected to provide pre-operative counselling for emergency and elective stoma care patients as well as working alongside ward colleagues to deliver stoma care education to all patients both established and new ostomists in the Northeast Sector of the NCA. As well as being involved in the referral of patients to community colleagues in the pre and post operative period.
I the role of ERAS+ nurse working alongside colleagues you will optimize all areas of the patient’s journey through surgery from diagnosis to full recovery compromising of the following key elements:
• Pre-habilitation
• Operating theatre – optimization occurring during surgery
• Critical Care and Surgical Wards – In-patient stay incorporating iCough UK
• Rehabilitation –after surgery including improving muscle strength living and eating well
Working alongside the ERAS+ and Stoma Care nursing teams within the Colorectal specialist nursing team you will be expected to provide all elements of care for patients with and established of new ostomists at the Oldham Care Organisation, Rochdale infirmary Fairfield General Hospital.
You will also be responsible working alongside colleagues to ensure that all elements of the ERAS+ pathway are delivered to patients to ensure an optimal surgical pathway for elective colorectal surgery patients
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Working alongside the ERAS+ and Stoma Care nursing teams within the Colorectal specialist nursing team you will be expected to provide all elements of care for patients with and established of new ostomists at the Oldham Care Organisation, Rochdale infirmary Fairfield General Hospital or North Manchester General Hospital.
You will also be responsible working alongside colleagues to ensure that all elements of the ERAS+ pathway are delivered to patients to ensure an optimal surgical pathway for elective colorectal surgery patients
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
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