Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking to recruit a Staff Nurse who wants to work in a busy, dynamic and friendly Outpatient Department to deliver a modern-day outpatients service.
We are looking for a motivated and flexible staff nurse to join our Outpatient team, where you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, clinic management and work autonomously in our nurse led dressing clinics. Outpatients at Northumbria provides staff the opportunity to use IT and technology to support patient pathways in new and innovative ways.
We work across multiple Outpatients areas providing a seven-day service. You will also be required to support and manage trauma and Orthopaedics clinics based at our specialist emergency hospital, and work within Outpatient departments.
We will provide a supportive learning environment and encourage you with your personal and professional development.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the department team under the direction of the Ward Manager and in their absence. To provide effective clinic management. To provide a nurse led dressing clinic service working autonomously on a regular basis. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards. To provide modern day nursing to our patient group in using IT in clinics and virtual nursing.
Job responsibilities
To provide nursing care to a department of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team. Work closely with the MDT in supporting patient care. When responsible for the department, ensure that individualised pathways are formulated and carried out fully for each patient in the department and across all areas of outpatients.
Person Specification
* 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
* Clinic management experience
* Experience in Emergency Surgery and Elective Care
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.
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum.
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