Specialist Nurse - Colorectal

The Colorectal Nursing Service has a Band 6/7 12 month secondment opportunity for a motivated and compassionate nurse to join our friendly, supportive well-established team of Clinical Nurse Specialists at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role is 4 days/30 hours per week and based mainly at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals., As a Band 6/7 Colorectal Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide expert nursing care and act as the key worker for patients throughout the colorectal cancer pathway. You will coordinate care, deliver specialist assessment and symptom management, contribute to MDT decision-making and support delivery of high-quality, person-centred care in line with national cancer standards, promoting care closer to home and service improvement.,

• Act as key worker for colorectal cancer patients
• Provide specialist assessment and symptom management
• Coordinate cancer pathways and MDT input
• Deliver expert patient and carer support
• Work across teams to deliver timely care closer to home
  
  Nursing registration
Clinical experience within speciality Evidence of management ability and leadership skills Evidence of previous study at Level 6/7, relating to this speciality Computer literate/experience of working with Microsoft Office packages Desirable criteria Evidence of delivering educational teaching Ability to undertake clinical audits/service evaluations Advanced communication skills,
• Adult Registered Nurse
• Previous experience in cancer care
• Evidence of management ability and leadership skills
• Evidence of previous study at Level 6/7, relating to this speciality
• Computer literate/experience of working with Microsoft Office packages
Desirable criteria
• Advanced communication skills
• Evidence of delivering educational teaching
• Ability to undertake clinical audits/service evaluations, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism., Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.