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 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
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the patient is fit for an anaesthetic during surgery. This will involve taking a patient's full medical history and ordering investigations as deemed necessary.
The post holder will identify training needs, plan, implement, and evaluate educational activities for students, new starters, and existing members of non-medical staff (Band 1-6) within their directorate in the Division. However, this will only be 40% of their role as the Pre-operative assessment nurse role will be the predominant aspect of covering and running Pre-operative clinics in our specialist areas of ENT/Plastics, Head and Neck Cancer, and Oral/Maxillofacial. The role will require a clinical expert in this area to share their knowledge and expertise through local training and development for all members of the teams.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the POA nurse role is to assess a patient's suitability and fitness for surgery and anaesthesia using agreed protocols. The successful post holder will be expected to take a full detailed patient history, carry out a clinical examination of the patient, and where identified, order diagnostic tests and action results obtained.
The post holder will work 60% of their time clinically in each of the three SSOPD areas as mentioned above, covering POA clinics as predominantly a POA nurse. The further 40% will be designated in the CPE role to work with students, new starters, and existing staff, especially those who are doing postgraduate studies and research. This time will also include identifying training and education needs and planning, implementing, and evaluating education activities in their clinical area of practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Qualified
Experience
* In clinical education
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. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply.
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. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.
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