Stoma Care Colorectal Nurse Specialist

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an experienced Surgical Nurse with a keen interest in the Stoma Care speciality to assist the Stoma Care Team in the management of patients living with a stoma.
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will be responsible for providing clinical and psychological support to patients who have a stoma ensuring a quality service. You will provide specialist support and advice on aspects of stoma care including inpatient teaching on the wards alongside our Stoma Care HCA and support following discharge home via telephone and assisting in follow-up clinics.
The stoma care team are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse with surgical nursing experience to join their team for a year’s maternity cover. The post holder will have a keen interest in colorectal surgery and stoma care.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
You will have the opportunity to learn and gain specialist knowledge within colorectal surgery and more specifically the care of patients living with a stoma. Working with an established team to two Stoma Care Specialist Nurses and a Stoma Care HCA, you will provide stoma care support and education to our patients on the wards following surgery ensuring timely preparation for discharge home. You will assist in the management of post-opertaive complications and be providing support for patients who have been discharged home via telephone and assisting the follow-up clinics with the team

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