About the role
Salary: £57528.00 to £64750.00
An exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated CNS to lead and develop our specialist nursing colorectal service across Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals. Advanced colorectal experience is essential. You will provide expert clinical leadership, develop a team, drive service improvement, aligning medical and nursing expertise to optimise patient care and build a word class service. The post holder will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers. They will have overall managerial responsibility for a defined service of Clinical Nurse Specialists as well as responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service; this includes the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
The post holder will practice autonomously within their defined specialty to provide patient centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice. They will ensure safe treatment, referral, follow up and discharge of patients within their designated specialty. They will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to care of patients in their speciality. The post holder will provide a range of educational and training programmes for the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers
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