Band 8a Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead

Job summary

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.

This is for 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

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

The post holder's job plan should deliver a minimum of 50% clinical component and 50% related to service management, education & research.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.