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Job overview

A truly exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Stoma Care Nurse Specialist to join the award winning team in Bristol and Weston.

The opportunity is open to a registered nurse with a passion for stoma care; previous experience is preferable but not essential, although knowledge and experience of surgical nursing in a colorectal field is advisable.

We are a close, supportive team in a large inner city teaching hospital and work across multiple sites delivering excellent specialist stoma care nursing for inpatients, patients in a smaller hospital, in clinics and in the patient’s own homes.

We are focused on delivery of expert care, practice based in evidence, and the pursuit of research, development and raising the profile nationally of the specialism in support of nursing and the patients we care for. We are able to give our patients the time and input they deserve and which enhances our feeling of worth and enjoyment at work.

We are an award winning team and you would be supported to learn, develop and achieve and would have the opportunity to contribute to the development of excellence in this area. There is scope for real professional development and experience in a specialist field with interesting ‘cases’ and varied ways of working as well as involvement in key projects that further the stoma care nursing role.

Main duties of the job

Training and education will be available , ample opportunity to enhance and develop your skills, learning and professional scope.

The successful candidate would have recent, relevant clinical experience of caring for patients with a stoma and demonstrate a real passion for the specialism as well as excellent nursing skills, experience and education in their current post. This is a real chance to explore a new specialism and develop professionally for the right candidate.

You will be an integral part of the team providing continued care from hospital to home and beyond, providing pre-operative counselling and siting, post-operative ward teaching, discharge planning, and follow up outpatient nurse-led clinics. The role will involve working in close partnership with patients, their families and the Multidisciplinary Teams in the hospital trust and community, providing evidence based, compassionate, expert stoma nursing care. You will be well supported and encouraged towards developing new skills and education in this specialist area.

Driving licence an advantage for role. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.