Clinical Nurse Specialist - Complex Polyps

This job is to support the Complex polyp, EMR and Endoscopy service at the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital Trust. It is expected that the specialist nurse will the be a pivotal part of the GI endoscopy service for complex polyps/EMR & ESD.

Complex Polyp service will require working effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team to help deliver a high quality complex polyp and EMR/ESD service. This will involve database management, welcoming tertiary patients into our service, pre & post assessment, MDT preparation and presentation, liaison between multidisciplinary groups, follow-up and hand-over of patients to relevant services. This requires a wide knowledge base and advanced clinical decision making skills.

They will be integral to the Regional complex polyp MDT in supporting patients and enhancing pathways into and out of the service. It will work closely with Bowel Cancer Screening Services throughout the region

The post holder will be a role model for professional practice, exercising accountability and providing support and leadership within the endoscopy team.

The post holder will contribute to service development, improvement and management, demonstrating a proactive approach to issues and service quality., Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.

Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.

Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Speciality).

Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers /
relatives.

Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.

Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.

To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.

To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, in the delivery of high standards of patient care.

To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

This post would be suitable for a Registered nurse with substantial post registration experience and with demonstrable experience of working within gastroenterology or colorectal surgery.,

• Teaching/assessment skills


• Organisation and negotiation skills


• Effective communicator


• Leadership & motivation skills


• Evidence of audit and change management ability


• Computer literate


• Ability to motivate self and others


• Root cause analysis


Desirable criteria


• Evidence of leading and facilitating change


• ECDL, Evidence of continued professional development


• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team


• Flexibility


• Able to travel between sites


• Demonstrates enthusiasm


• Recognition of own limitations


• Assertive and confident


• Diplomatic


• Personal and professional maturity, Registered Nurse / Midwife


• Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality


• Recognised Teaching Qualification


• First Degree


Desirable criteria


• Research qualification


• Recordable specialist qualification


• Masters


• Independent Nurse Prescriber


• Management qualification, Demonstrable Post-Reg. experience


• Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6


• Extensive clinical experience


• Evidence of the application of management / leadership skills and managing staff


• Involvement in audit


Desirable criteria


• Experience as Specialist Sister


• Participation in research, In depth specialist knowledge, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  An opportunity has arisen within the Gastroenterology Care Group on the RLH site for a Specialist Nurse in Gastroenterology, working as part of the complex polyp team.


This post will support the new regional complex polyp service for Cheshire & Merseyside, covering a population of approximately 2.7 million. There are 5 gastroenterology consultants with specialist interest in complex polyps and the team is leading the way in management of these lesions.

The post holder will be an integral member of the established complex polyp team working alongside the existing Lead nurse and the team to enhance the service currently offered., Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.