As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Radiology Nursing team and are seeking Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners wishing to develop their career and skills within the imaging specialty of Radiology & Interventional Radiology. Full-time and part-time hours are available, and also have you considered a secondment?
The varied nature of this specialty means there is always something new and interesting to learn. The post consists of a variety of roles including working as a scrub assistant for sterile interventional procedures, circulating duties for recording patients’ observations, IV drug administration, and managing patient care from pre-procedure through to post-procedure recovery.
The post requires participation in the Interventional Radiology on-call service, which is fully operational to cover out-of-hours emergencies both weekday evenings/nights and weekends.
Working hours: Monday to Friday 7.5hrs/day (with a potential opportunity to move to a 9-day fortnight roster in the future)
We welcome applicants to have an informal visit of the department to discuss the role in more detail.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital with potential requirement to work at Poole Hospital on occasion.
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases, this means that a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at the interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Experienced registered 1st Level Nurse with a minimum of one year’s working experience or evidence of the required transferable skills.
* Registered with the NMC.
* A Post Basic Qualification appropriate to this specialty.
Experience
* Either surgical/medical/theatre experience in the acute care setting.
* Experience in pre and post-procedural care of Day Care or Short Stay Surgery or Investigations.
* Experience with caring for patients who have undergone interventional radiological procedures.
Technical skills
* Experience or awareness of aseptic scrub skills and techniques.
* Working in a theatre-style environment required for major Interventional Radiology procedures.
* IV drug administration or willing to undertake.
* Basic Life Support with adjuncts and willing to advance to the next level of Immediate Life Support, ILS.
* Experienced in complying with working Policies and SOPs, Infection Control and Risk Management Policies set by previously employing healthcare organisations.
* Totally implanted venous access devices management.
* Willing to learn venepuncture and cannulation.
Knowledge
* An understanding of nursing care requirements for the provision of pre and post care for surgical and/or radiological interventions and medical investigations.
* Knowledge and understanding of the principles of aseptic technique and infection control.
* Knowledge of Data Protection Act and patient confidentiality.
* Willing to develop one’s own knowledge base and clinical and organisational skills.
* To demonstrate the ability to reflect upon practice in order to gain insight into clinical practice, self-growth, and development within a specialist area.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Knowledge of caring for patients with peripheral vascular, gastrointestinal, and urological disease.
* Has attended study days or gained experience within specialties associated with or in working partnership with Interventional Radiology.
Other requirements
* Adaptable to emergency situations and pressurised environments.
* Ability to cope with rapid throughput of patients and meeting individual patient needs.
* Participate in on-call service.
* The wearing of lead aprons (PPE) during diagnostic, fluoroscopy, and interventional procedures.
* Motivated and adaptable to change.
* Working in support services sector.
Personal attributes
* Flexible to service needs and expanding radiology services.
* Experience in the provision of sessional services or time-tabled care provision.
Language requirement
* Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role.
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
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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