An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trauma Lead Nurse Practitioner (TLN) who will lead in the delivery of highly professional trauma care to patients throughout SASH, while engaged with our trauma service.
As an experienced Registered Nurse or Advanced Clinical Practitioner, your clinical & managerial leadership of the trauma service will inspire, motivate and empower healthcare professionals to be innovative and contribute to continuous improvement projects, which support the trusts performance agenda, improve quality care & patient outcomes.
Working in partnership with the Clinical Lead for Trauma, senior nurses and departmental managers, you'll develop and implement a multi-disciplinary clinical research and academic service, trauma care education, shape audit and deliver the Trust's trauma service strategy and objectives.
Your personal strengths and professional experience will help you to succeed:
* As an excellent clinical role model and team leader to all staff.
* In the development and delivery of trauma care.
* Be an autonomous practitioner and an excellent role model and leader to all staff.
* Facilitate the flow of trauma patients, through admission to discharge.
* In the support of Specialty Doctors within their care for traumatically injured patients.
To be fulfilled in this role, a passion for trauma care and ambition to help SASH attain Major Trauma Centre status will be key - working alongside the Major Trauma Clinical Network, and NHS England.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
* We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* A complete and accurate application
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
East Surrey Hospital
Canada Avenue
Redhill Surrey
RH1 5AU
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