An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the stoma team at the University Hospitals of Liverpool Group.
The role of the stoma nurse will be to support the stoma team in the Digestive and Emergency Surgery care group. You will be providing specialist care and giving advise to patients with stomas.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be responsible for maintaining high standards of care for our group of patients. The successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of stoma care. This will support the care for our patients. You will be communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and their families or carers.
The role includes educating patients, their families or carers on caring for stoma. This will include advice on lifestyle and equipment for patients with newly formed stomas and long- term stomas, The successful candidate will provide advice to address new education or challenges patients may face.
the Clinical Nurse Specialist will work closely with the current stoma team across sites of UHLG. They will work closely with surgeons and other members of the Multi Disciplinary Team. The CNS will participate in out-patient clinics.
The role will also include participation in audit and research and development of the stoma service.
Informal visits will be welcomed. Please contact Angie Carroll or Maxine Handford.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Angie Carroll Job title: Assistant Director of Nursing Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 6667
Maxine Handford. Nurse consultant.
[email protected]0151 529 8163
