Consultant Colorectal Nurse

Job summary

New Cross Hospital have an exciting opportunity of a Consultant Clinical Nurse Role within our Colorectal department. We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic individual to lead our Colorectal Nursing team.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative colorectal nurse to join our nursing team and support the Fast track diagnostic service for suspected lower gastro-intestinal cancers. There is also an opportunity to develop services to support the follow up of patients treated for a diagnosed cancer, as well as support and develop our pelvic floor and LGI diagnostic physiology aspect of the service.

The role is 50/50 clinical/research and service improvement . Working to support the further development of nurse-led services for patients who are receiving, or have received treatment for a confirmed cancer diagnosis, working in partnership with the multi-professional team.

If you have experience in the following areas at band 7 this could be the job for you !

• Colorectal stoma nursing /Cancer nursing
• LGI physiologydiagnostics
• Bio feedback service

Main duties of the job

The Consultant Nurse will lead at local, regional and national initiatives such as West Midlands Cancer Peer Review, Association of Coloproctology, The Association of Stoma Care Nurses, Chair for the West Midlands Colorectal Nursing Group and other national events such as the British Journal of Nursing, to promote the best interest of the service and the Trust.

Provide highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills to ensure patients referred to the Faster Diagnostic service with suspected colorectal cancer, and those with a confirmed cancer diagnosis, receive expert care and management appropriate to their needs.

Provide expert clinical skills for the review and assessment of patients, developing differential diagnoses using advanced assessment skills & assessing their suitability for appropriate diagnostic investigations and cancer treatment.

Support compliance against the 28d and 62d cancer waiting times (CWT) guidance for the Lower Gastrointestinal (LGI) suspected cancer pathway.

Identify areas for further development and lead on appropriate change using current evidence and research to evaluate outcomes.

Be a role model and expert resource to the multi-professional team, supporting further education and training of the MDT

Explore opportunities for undertaking research within the specialist area, to further local practice and own development

Develop links locally, nationally and internationally to support benchmarking and service development opportunities

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.