Clinical Nurse Specialist - Colorectal in Central London

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Job Summary

• Salary: £58,000 - £65,000 (depending upon experience)
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week
• Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY
• Contract: Permanent & full-time

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Advanced Practice Team, with a competitive salary range on offer, depending on experience. This is a Monday-Friday role with the following shift patterns: 0900-1700.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a highly visible role model to all the nurses within the team and provides clinical expertise, addresses patients' health concerns and works to promote their health and wellbeing. Using their skills and expertise within their specialty, the CNS provides physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinates their care services, and informs and advises them on clinical and practical issues associated with their condition. This role leads to a more positive outcome for patients.

The scope of the role is broad, working closely with consultants in developing and maintaining appropriate standards of care, pre-assessment, in-patient and follow-up care with patient post discharge. This role is responsible for developing and implementing ongoing competencies and training using evidence-based methodologies that embrace Patient-Centered Care, the nursing professional practice model, and shared decision making.

What will your duties include?

• Puts quality at the heart of practice by delivering evidence based individualised and personalised care through holistic needs.
• Assessment, care planning and evaluation of care and all care interventions.
• Acts as a 'key worker' for a clinical caseload, throughout the patient journey working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients and caregivers.
• Leads and initiates the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.
• Designs, directs, implements and evaluates educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff and allied health professionals.
• In conjunction with the senior team, develops and monitors clinical and non-clinical performance standards being responsive to change and continuous quality improvement.

What we need from you?

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• Post graduate qualification within specialty required.
• Experience as a CNS within Colorectal/GI.
• Master's Degree strongly desirable, or working towards a Master's degree.
• Nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required.
• Nurse Prescribing Course required for specialty (Acute Pain CNS). Desirable for other specialties.

What We Offer

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Double-matched salary exchange pension - contribute 5% and we'll contribute 10%
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare. With over 100 years of history, our 'Patients First' philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email. Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity. CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.