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Job overview
Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse looking to develop your specialist practice within a supportive and highly regarded team?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Stoma Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Colorectal Nursing Service at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This full-time role (37.5 hours per week) is based primarily at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals.
As part of our friendly and experienced team, you will play a vital role in supporting patients undergoing stoma surgery and those living with a stoma, helping them achieve confidence, independence and the best possible quality of life.
We are looking for a motivated nurse with excellent communication and clinical skills, a passion for patient-centred care, and a commitment to service excellence. In return, we offer a welcoming team environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a meaningful difference to patients across Oxfordshire and beyond.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expert stoma care to patients undergoing stoma formation, those living with a stoma, and patients with an ileoanal pouch across inpatient, outpatient and community settings. They will deliver specialist assessment, advice, education and support throughout the patient pathway, including pre-operative counselling, post-operative management, discharge planning and long-term follow-up. Working as an autonomous practitioner and key member of the multidisciplinary team, the Stoma Care CNS will support patients to develop self-management skills, promote independence and proactively manage stoma and pouch-related complications. The role also involves providing specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and supporting timely discharge and patient flow through the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Working for our organisation
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 2023NHS 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 Hospital’s 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide expert autonomous care for patients with a stoma or ileoanal pouch.
- Lead specialist assessment, treatment and follow-up.
- Manage complex stoma- and pouch-related complications.
- Provide clinical leadership, education and expert advice.
- Support service development, patient flow and quality improvement.
See attached job description and person specification.
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
Ability to travel independently between multiple hospital sites, community clinics and patients’ homes across Oxfordshire
Evidence of delivering educational teaching
Ability to undertake clinical audits/service evaluations
Experience managing patients with ileoanal pouches.
Non-medical prescribing qualification (or willingness to undertake).
Person specification
- 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
- Ability to travel independently between multiple hospital sites, community clinics and patients’ homes across Oxfordshire
- Evidence of delivering educational teaching
- Ability to undertake clinical audits/service evaluations
- Experience managing patients with ileoanal pouches
- Non-medical prescribing qualification (or willingness to undertake)
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Nursing and Midwifery:For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managingyour recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
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Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
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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.
Name Joanna Pragnell Job title Lead Colorectal Specialist Nurse Email address joanna.pragnell@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865221839 Additional information
For further information and informal visits please contact Joanna Pragnell – Lead Colorectal Specialist Nurse or Jo Buxton/Jodie Painton/Jess Lane – Senior Specialist Nurses on 01865 221839 or 01865 235367
Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk .
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