Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is keen to work in a busy and growing day surgery environment within an extremely supportive team.
The unit takes various surgical specialties such as general surgery, urology, gynaecology, orthopaedics and vascular surgery.
We have also expanded care into interventional radiology.
The unit currently has 27 mixed chairs and trolley spaces in use at any one time which are reused over the day to maximise the volume of patients that come through our unit.
Currently the hours will be split from Monday to Friday anytime between 7am and 8pm. You will be required to work a mix of shift patterns and be flexible. Weekend working may be something that will occur in our future alongside an extension to current opening times.
Main duties of the job
To work according to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines and frameworks including the 6 Cs as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for the following:
1. To ensure flow throughout the unit on a daily basis happens at an optimum level to ensure maximum capacity.
2. The assessment of care and health education needs.
3. The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
4. To gain or have experience and skills in the following:
1. Clinical Practice
2. Facilitation and teaching
3. Management
5. To ensure effective communication with patients, relatives, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
6. To participate in preceptorship programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator, mentor, preceptor and role model to less experienced staff.
7. To provide supervision, support and education to unqualified staff and students.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
1. To work according to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines and frameworks including the 6 Cs as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for the following:
2. The assessment of care and health education needs.
3. The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
4. To gain experience and skills in the following:
1. Clinical Practice
2. Facilitation and teaching
3. Management
5. To ensure effective communication with patients, relatives, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
6. To participate in preceptorship programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator, mentor, preceptor and role model to less experienced staff.
7. To provide supervision, support and education to unqualified staff and students.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
* Able to work in a team
* Ability to think clearly under pressure
* Provides leadership and support to junior members of the team
* Able to deal with exposure to challenging behaviour
* Demonstrates attention to detail
* Motivated
* Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role
* Understand the Trust 4ward Signature Behaviours and values prior to interview
Other job requirements
* The post holder may occasionally be required to work in other areas of the hospital
* Constant standing and walking
* Ability to undertake manual handling and movement tasks
* Prepared and able to work variable shift patterns between the hours of 7am and 8pm Monday to Friday, with a potential of extended opening hours and Saturday working.
* Awareness of self-presentation to patients and relatives
Experience
* Can demonstrate a specific interest in surgery
* Significant proven knowledge and experience in the speciality of day surgery
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on sub part 1 of the professional register
* Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
* NMC recognised Assessor qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
* Teaching and Assessing qualification
* ECGs
* IV drug administration
* Cannulation
Skills and Knowledge
* Good organisational and time management skills
* Ability to record and deal with accurate facts, figures and information
* Able to interpret and adhere to Trust and departmental policies protocols, procedures and guidelines
* Effective communicator both written and verbal
* Ability to problem solve
* Ability to prioritise work
* Flexible to change in demands of service
* Willing to learn new skills and have the ability to identify personal development needs
* Ability to support unregistered staff, students and new starters
* Ability to identify and manage risk
* NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice and behaviour
* Knowledge of person centred care
* Understands actions necessary to promote peoples equality, diversity & rights
* To ensure actions contribute to quality
* Understanding of Clinical Governance
* Knowledge of the individuals responsibility towards Health & Safety
* Promote the Trusts Signature Behaviours and values and incorporate them within the job role
* Computer literate in Bluespier, EZ notes, Ice, Synopsis, PAS Allscripts and Oasis or a willingness to learn systems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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