Colorectal Enhanced Recovery Nurse Practitioner - Peterborough

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual that drives towards health promotion and improvement. The post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that all aspects of the Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) is optimised in the Intermediate Surgical Care Unit (ISCU) and surgical wards for all patients on the programme. This includes pre op clinics discussing ERAS with patients and prescribing the pre op medications, day of surgery checks and patient support post op ward rounds and supporting the medical staff with the outcomes, daily monitoring of the ERAS patients offering guidance, support and ensuring all outstanding requests are acted upon and reported. Discharge planning and ensuring discharge letters are correct and completed in a timely manor to prevent delays. This role continues post discharge giving the patients a link to the service for up to 10 days where they receive follow up phone calls. This is to ensure the patient is progressing and offered advice where necessary re analgesia, diet, wounds escalating when appropriate.

All interviews will require being face to face

• Responsible for working with multi-disciplinary teams to support implementation and ensure the development of Enhanced Recovery pathways in the hospital
• To actively promote Enhanced Recovery Programmes and the benefits that can be achieved through implementing them.
• In collaboration with the clinical teams provide training programmes, for staff and patients in the Trust, related to Enhanced Recovery programmes.
• Be able to present at local meetings on relevant topics related to Enhanced Recovery
• To join on ward rounds with senior surgical teams, be a patient advocate, and help deliver the Enhanced Recovery elements by advising appropriately
• Seeing patients on the programme on the wards and Intermediate Surgical Care Unit (ISCU) to ensure Enhanced Recovery elements are being achieved where possible.
• Able to work autonomously and be part of a team.
• Holding one to one Enhanced Recovery Clinics as part of a one stop clinic pre op to ensure optimisation of the patient, working closely with the Stoma Specialist Nurses including stoma siting.
• Support the patient post discharge via telephone clinics, to ensure the patient is progressing, giving advice where necessary re analgesia, diet, wounds escalating when appropriate.
• Achieve the goal of delivering gold standards of care helping to reduce length of hospital stay and readmission rates
• To collect, input patient data and audit outcomes to evidence possible changes to patient surgical care

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);

MEMBERSHIP OF THE NHS PENSION SCHEME:

Flexible working opportunities;
Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.

• Patient care (both direct and indirect)
• Act as the main support contact for ISCU
• The post holder will help develop pathways for the management of patients admitted for elective surgery using Enhanced Recovery programmes. These pathways should be reviewed regularly in line with evidence from audit to bring about any necessary changes to achieve gold standards of care
• Optimise patients prior to their surgery to enable them to be in the best condition along with managing expectations .One way of delivering this is in our Enhanced Recovery clinics that we run .Also working with other mediums that is for example via websites to manage patients expectation
• Routinely join on ward rounds to guide and help junior doctors as to the Enhanced Recovery pathway, to give expert guidance and be a patient advocate.
• Assist, devise and undertake audit programmes to measure success of programmes and report findings to wards departments and for possible publications
• Advice clinical staff in matters of Enhanced Recovery processes to allow implementation of specialised care programmes ensuring, risk factors are appropriately taken into account, and patient safety and experience is enhanced.
• In collaboration with clinical teams and relevant Clinical Nurse Specialists, help to develop patient information literature. Interact with patients and relatives and provide verbal and written information pre-operatively in connection with Enhanced Recovery programmes as required, including promoting health education.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for information regarding the role

• Patient care (both direct and indirect)
• Act as the main support contact for ISCU
• The post holder will help develop pathways for the management of patients admitted for elective surgery using Enhanced Recovery programmes. These pathways should be reviewed regularly in line with evidence from audit to bring about any necessary changes to achieve gold standards of care
• Optimise patients prior to their surgery to enable them to be in the best condition along with managing expectations .One way of delivering this is in our Enhanced Recovery clinics that we run .Also working with other mediums that is for example via websites to manage patients expectation
• Routinely join on ward rounds to guide and help junior doctors as to the Enhanced Recovery pathway, to give expert guidance and be a patient advocate.
• Assist, devise and undertake audit programmes to measure success of programmes and report findings to wards departments and for possible publications
• Advice clinical staff in matters of Enhanced Recovery processes to allow implementation of specialised care programmes ensuring, risk factors are appropriately taken into account, and patient safety and experience is enhanced.
• In collaboration with clinical teams and relevant Clinical Nurse Specialists, help to develop patient information literature. Interact with patients and relatives and provide verbal and written information pre-operatively in connection with Enhanced Recovery programmes as required, including promoting health education