Colorectal Practitioner, Urgent Suspected Cancer Service

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, innovative & enthusiastic nurse to join the Colorectal Nurse practitioners at UHCW. The post holder will be part of a dynamic team that focuses on the safe and timely delivery of the colorectal urgent suspected cancer pathway for our patients.

The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to practice autonomously, whilst also providing evidence of advanced practice and knowledge in relation to colorectal cancer. The post holder will facilitate nurse led clinics, assessing patients over the telephone & in face to face clinics. Leadership, innovation, motivation and excellent communication skills are essential as is the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. Appropriate training and supervision will be provided for the successful candidate.

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.
• Responsible for the provision of a high quality professional nursing service across the Colorectal USC service, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
• Contributes to development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines across a number of departments, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Overall budget responsibility, as directed by the Director of Operations for nursing resources across colorectal services monitoring variance and implementing contingency plans as appropriate.
• Responsible for development, implementation and evaluation of projects to improve patient care and service development through the audit cycle, linking to the clinical governance framework and business planning process. Utilise extensive understanding of colorectal cancer pathway to deliver specialist nursing to colorectal patients at all points of the pathway.
• Undertake direct workload requiring moderate to high physical effort according to patient dependency or staff need.
• Demonstrate through effective leadership the ability to provide professional and emotional support to individuals and groups, e.g. during difficult situations or unexpected events.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct and will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Lead on the co-ordination and nursing care of Colorectal USC patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the clinical specialist group and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this patient group.
• Utilise advanced health assessment skills to ensure that the optimum physical and psychological needs of the patient are met.
• Where appropriate, initiate investigations on patients to improve access to treatment and report their findings to the appropriate clinician & patients/GPs

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.