Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dedicated individual to join our team at Heatherwood Hospital Elective Centre.
The post holder will act as an Arthroplasty Lead Nurse for joint replacement procedures as well as a lead on the GIRFT Programme for HWD Elective Centre, fitting into an already well-established multidisciplinary team. They will be responsible for maintaining ongoing communication with patients as well as setting up patient support and discharge pathways. They will coordinate the team including the running of MDTs, ward rounds, complex case clinics, virtual projects and lead on new projects and pathways. The role requires clinical orthopaedic skills and leadership skills, knowledge of complex arthroplasty, wound management solutions, antibiotics, and a drive to improve care for this group of patients. The post holder will also lead on compliance with national standards as well as data upload to the National Joint Registry and Bone and Joint Infection Registry, involvement with PROMs data, and national audits relevant to the Orthopaedic Department.
HWD Elective Centre has six operating theatres, 32 inpatient beds, 22 day-case procedure rooms or ‘pods’, two endoscopy rooms, and three minor procedure facilities providing operations, diagnostics, and outpatient care to both NHS and private patients across Berkshire, Hampshire, and Surrey.
Main duties of the job
* Work as a high-level practitioner with enhanced clinical skills within an interdepartmental and/or multidisciplinary team primarily to ensure that patients within their sphere of clinical expertise receive holistic, timely, and quality clinical care.
* Exercise enhanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion, and decision making in clinical care while maintaining a professional portfolio that supports their scope of practice.
* Work autonomously in conducting clinical examinations, formulating a working diagnosis, and providing timely treatment interventions in accordance with their scope of practice.
* Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers, and colleagues.
* Monitor and lead improvements of standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, implementation of evidence-based practice, teaching and support of colleagues, and the provision of professional leadership.
* Lead the implementation of new evidence-based practice and contribute to the development of the evidence through research, audit, and collaboration with clinical or academic staff.
* Contribute to clinical governance by leading quality improvement, audit, and research projects as part of the multidisciplinary service-wide performance and quality agenda.
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