Band 6 - Colorectal Associate Nurse - North Middlesex

North Middlesex are recruiting for an experienced and passionate Band 6 – Colorectal Associate Nurse to join their highly skilled team.

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized District General Hospital based in Edmonton in Enfield, North London. We serve a diverse multicultural population largely from the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. Many of our patients live in wards that are within the 5% most deprived in the UK and a large proportion of our patients were born abroad. This makes it both a fascinating and a challenging hospital to work in. Over the last decade we have rebuilt almost all of the hospital and now have facilities that we are proud to work in. We employ over 3,500 staff, more than half of whom live locally. We encourage apprenticeships from the local community and work closely with our local Health Watch. We are primarily an emergency led hospital with more than 90% of our bed days being used for patients admitted via our emergency and ambulatory units. As well as offering everything you would expect from a major acute hospital, we have several tertiary services treating patients with HIV and Sickle Cell Disease and a large cancer and radiotherapy service. We also run our local community Sexual Health Clinics. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

The postholder supports the Macmillan Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in providing high-quality, evidence-based care to colorectal cancer patients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing cases for Colorectal Cancer Multi professional Team (CRC MDT) meetings and ensuring data compeletenses
• Following up on post MDT actions and providing expert advice on care, including surgical options, adjuvant therapy, and living with the disease
• Collaborating with other CNS teams, including Stoma care, ERAS and office staff, to address patient concerns and develop management plans.
• Signposting patients to appropriate departments/agencies and undertaking Macmillan Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) at key points
• Attending surgical anda oncology outpatient appointments (OPA) to support patients, and liaising with the chemotherapy unit
• Being available in the endoscopy unit to support patients, undergoing investigations
• Promoting teamwork and integration within the nursing team

Requirements:

• Registered General Nurse
• First level degree in related subject ( Cancer, Palliative Care or lower GI) or currently undertaking a Degree Pathway
• Relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above, in cancer, palliative care or colorectal nursing, either in primary or secondary care settings
• Experience of multi – professional working
• Experience of teaching, patients, carers and other healthcare professionals
• Evidence of good communications skills
• Ability to support and influence change Ability to recognize and support emotional response

We are so grateful for the commitment and focus of our Bank Staff, so in return we offer the following advantages:

• Access to free Bank Partners Core Skills training
• Guaranteed line of work
• Weekly pay
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic career-progressing opportunity by attaching your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in contact with you shortly.