Main area: ENT
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Friday 08:00 - 18:00; Some days 10:00-20:00; 4 days a week)
Job ref: 251-SURG9876-HNRH-A
Site: Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Town: Winchester
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 08:00
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
The Ear Nose and Throat Clinic located in the Outpatient Department at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester is a diverse, multidisciplinary environment which requires flexible and adaptable skills, an aptitude to learn and a motivation to develop your own skills.
In the ENT Clinic you will be able to learn all about ENT and treatment. You will be assisting our ENT doctors in their outpatient clinics, but also support our Emergency Clinic, Triage calls, run Nurse Led Clinic and help support and manage our delicate ENT equipment with the support of your direct line manager.
Previous outpatient experience is desirable but not essential as training will be given. Professional development is high on our priorities and regular CPD is encouraged and essential. The department offers a supportive and learning environment which endeavours to constantly develop the service, in order that its patients receive the highest quality and most up to date care.
Flexible working is required; our shifts are from 08:00 until 18:00, four times a week. However, we do offer evening clinic in order to support our patients, so flexibility to work until 20:00 is essential.
This is a full time vacancy although part time applicants will be considered.
This is a very patient-focused service and the successful candidate will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work across a range of different medical and surgical specialties.
Main duties of the job
* High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality of patient care, experience and the patient journey
* Developing own clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience
* Acting as a good role model
* Supporting the team in ensuring that the clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
* To take charge of the Department in the absence of the Senior and Deputy Sister.
* To support Senior Nursing Staff in all aspects of their duties and responsibilities
* Assist your line manager in formulation of action plans and implementation of new practices or changes to practice and policy
* To organise and manage own time effectively to ensure the smooth running of clinics, assisting both patients and medical staff as necessary.
* Undertake training and achievement of competencies required for treatments administered in the ENT Clinic including supporting Emergency Clinic and supporting clinical staff in emergency procedures.
* To be able to run nurse led clinics for wound care.
* To be accountable and responsible to escalate any concerns to senior team in a timely manner
* To follow NatSSIPS guidance on all invasive procedures in the clinic, such as: Written consent for all invasive procedure, follow Time in and Time out protocols, all instruments and swabs are accurately counted before and after procedure.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* Degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study or employment experience
* Professional UK registration
* ENT specific qualification and study
Experience & Knowledge
* Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
* Knowledge of the management of in-patients and outpatients including evidence-based strategies
* Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to the management of patients utilising critical clinical thinking
* Evidence of Multidisciplinary team working
* Experience in an outpatient setting
Skills & Ability
* Ability to demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with Trust values
* Ability to communicate written and verbal information, keeping legible and accurate notes
* Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
* Good communication skills to communicate complex, sensitive, or confidential information in an appropriate manner
* Customer service experience i.e. dealing with complaints informally
* Transferable skills such as drug administration and phlebotomy
* Understanding of equipment disinfection and High Level Disinfection Techniques
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
The paperwork:
* HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
* Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
* All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
* In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
* This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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