Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Colorectal Specialist Nurse to join the colorectal nursing team within DHUGS Collaborative. South Tees NHS Foundation Trust are committed to learning and education. We have a dedicated team through our academic centre (STRIVE) for your Continuous Professional Development.

The Colorectal Nursing team is an integral provision within the Digestive Health, Urology and General Surgery Services Collaborative and provide support to patients and their families who have a colorectal cancer diagnosis.

The speciality is focused on high quality patient's centred care, ensuring that the patient is supported continuously through diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.

The team within this service work efficiently and effectively to support patients and their families through their colorectal cancer journey.

The colorectal nursing team is part of the wider cancer nursing service alongside working with other services both within the organisation and externally.

The strategic goals of the team are centred on a positive patient journey and experience which is pivotal in minimising risk and reducing harm. The colorectal nursing team are high performing and deliver organisational requirements of a well led service., The strategic goals are centred on a positive patient journey and experience which is pivotal in minimising risk and reducing harm. The colorectal nursing team are high performing and deliver organisational requirements of a well led service.

We are looking for talented, motivated professional senior nurse. Who has colorectal experience and can demonstrate strong leadership and managerial skills within this clinical setting.

In this role you will be pivotal in leading the team in the delivery of enhanced holistic services and standards of care to our patients aligned to the South Tees Accreditation for Quality of Care (STAQC) principles.

As an integral part of the managerial team you will be expected to demonstrate exceptionally diverse communication skills. Have an aptitude for people management and the profession.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Leadership and Improvement TrainingSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.