Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Job overview
As a Radiology Staff Nurse you will support the Radiology team of Radiology Assistants, Radiographers, Radiologists & all other staff within the department.
Main duties of the job
To admit & assess patients pre & post elective, diagnostic & therapeutic procedures into a Day Case Unit.
To assist & scrub with the Radiologist in the Interventional Rooms for all procedures.
To be responsible for monitoring the patient throughout the procedures & acting as a circulating Nurse, providing equipment to both the scrub person & Radiologist.
You will be part of the on-call team to cover a weekday a week and 1 in 4 weekends a month.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PURPOSE OF POST
* To be a member of the multidisciplinary team delivering high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to radiology patients.
* To promote a collaborative approach to care whilst supporting and facilitating the learning of others.
Specific Responsibilities
Clinical
* To be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients and his/her relatives without direct supervision according to level of competency.
* To develop skills at interpreting complex clinical information, responding to changes promptly and appropriately and developing specialised plans of care for radiology patients.
* Following training be able to care and scrub for all diagnostic and interventional procedures.
* To recognise the nurses role in health education and incorporate this function within clinical practice.
* To demonstrate use of effective communication skills when dealing with patients and their families and to promote effective collaboration within the multidisciplinary team.
* To demonstrate and promote a patient-centred style of practice.
Person specification
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
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