Main area Nurse Practitioner Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Shifts: Mon - Sun 8am - 8pm/8am - 6pm/8am - 4pm
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday, Three - Five shifts per week)
Job ref: 196-NM12607
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Guys Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London.
Job overview
The Thoracic Nurse Practitioner is an experienced registered nurse with specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team. The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients.
The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained. The successful candidate will lead ward rounds, clerk patients, manage and create care plans for their post-op patients, and run pre-op/drain/wound/follow-up clinics.
Main duties of the job
* Work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
* Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the specialty, interpreting information and taking appropriate action.
* Co-ordinate the provision of specialist services to patients, both within hospital and/or in the community setting.
* Develop and run nurse-led clinics in conjunction with medical staff, providing treatment which may include minor surgical procedures for patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Advanced assessment skills course completed
* Independent prescriber according to the Trust's Non-medical prescribing policy
Skills
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of specialty, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning.
* Ability to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
* Excellent time management and organisational skills
Experience
* Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in specialty.
* Experience of teaching patients.
* Experience of running own clinics.
Values and Behaviours
* Values and Behaviours
Professional/Statutory Registration
* RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
Additional Information
* High level of work organisation, self-motivation, and flexibility in approach.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects, and values the diversity of its staff and patients.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support throughout the application process.
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