St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
With nearly 9,900 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre. A number of their services are members of established clinical networks which bring together doctors, nurses and other clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients.
Key details
Location
Site: St George's Hospital
Town: Tooting
Postcode: SW17 0QT
Major / Minor Region: London
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)
Salary
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7)
Specialty
Main area: Trauma and Orthopaedics
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within our Trauma and Orthopaedics service for an Orthopaedic Trauma Nurse Coordinator. We welcome applications from committed individuals with a flair for Orthopaedic care. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable expert level of knowledge in Trauma and Orthopaedic patient care, enthusiastic for optimising patient outcomes and will display excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the case management of Orthopaedic patients facilitating their journey, expediting theatre planning, providing excellent communication to the patient and families to provide regular updates in a timely and appropriate manner. Through improved coordination and communication between surgical and multidisciplinary staff, your role will be vital to patient pathway improvement and effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
* Facilitate completion of all pertinent tests, specialist investigations and support the on-call T&O team to ensure their clerking is performed in a timely manner.
* Ensure definitive treatment as quickly as possible by liaising with all disciplines involved in the patients’ care.
* Participate in the daily Trauma & Orthopaedics Handover trauma meeting and ensure there is a cohesive and streamlined service for all Trauma & Orthopaedics trauma patients.
* Support consultant–led patient care on the wards by attending the morning ward round as required.
* Take the lead role in the appropriate prioritisation of the Trauma & Orthopaedics trauma lists, considering the clinical needs of the patients in collaboration with Consultants.
* Liaising with administrative and theatre staff when arranging surgery as planned following the plastics trauma meeting.
* Support the organisation of admission and/or surgery of Trauma & Orthopaedics trauma patients from outpatient environments as required.
Working for our organisation
The Trust serves a large local population and is a specialist regional centre for a number of services including plastics and complex orthopedic trauma. St George’s Hospital is also one of four hospitals in London to achieve the high standards to be designated a Major Trauma Centre in 2010, resulting in the receival of complex orthopaedic trauma from across SW London and Surrey.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Current NMC Registration
* BSc in Nursing
Desirable criteria
* Physical Assessment Skills
* Orthopaedic course
Experience
Essential criteria
* At least 3 years as Band 6
* Proven experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics
* Proven experience working at a senior level in role
Desirable criteria
* Experience in orthopaedic coordination
Skills
Essential criteria
* Strong Leadership skills
* Autonomous working
* Skills of team working and coordination
Desirable criteria
* Project Management
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Tiffany Smith
Job title: Major Trauma Lead Nurse
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0208 725 2363
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