Are you a Nurse and looking for a new challenge? The exciting and ever-growing specialty of Interventional Radiology may be just for you! This training role will suit you whether you have previous experience in theatre or are just starting out in your career and interested in a fast-paced department. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team. The team is looking for candidates who are committed to patient-centered and evidence-based care of the highest standard, to work within the interventional radiology department here at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will rotate around 3 sites (LGI, SJUH, and Bexley Wing) and enhance your knowledge of radiology-based procedures as an interventional radiology nurse. This involves the care of conscious patients undergoing elective and acute, diagnostic, and sometimes complex multi-organ vascular procedures such as embolization of tumors/hemorrhage, angioplasty, stenting, nephrostomy insertion, tumor ablations, and acute urological and vascular procedures and stroke thrombectomy. This post is being advertised as B6 annex 21. It is aimed but not exclusive to candidates currently working at Band 5 who are ready to develop specialist nursing skills associated with interventional radiology theatres and looking for a progressive role to a band 6 position. All candidates will be considered based on their experience, knowledge, and skills.
Main duties of the job
This training role offers an excellent opportunity to develop key skills, especially in scrubbing to assist with theatre procedures. You'll be involved in perioperative patient care, including administering IV medication and post-operative care such as sheath removal. The role requires close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including consultants, radiographers, and other healthcare professionals. A new radiology development pathway is available to support your growth, helping you gain the competencies needed for the Band 6 Specialist Peri-Operative Practitioner role, with training lasting up to 24 months. As you progress, you'll be able to work on call across both sites. This role is ideal for those pursuing a career in radiology theatres, offering the chance to gain essential competencies under the guidance of experienced colleagues. You'll build specialist knowledge, preparing you for a Senior Peri-Operative Practitioner role. You'll deliver high-quality patient care while ensuring efficient use of resources. After completing the training, you will lead a sub-specialty within Interventional Radiology, such as neurology, tissue viability, or infection control. You'll work with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient care, theatre performance, and quality, while also contributing to the evaluation of pre- and post-operative care. Regular updates with the senior nursing team are also included in the role.
About us
Expected Shortlisting Date: 20/01/2025
Planned Interview Date: 31/01/2025
Leeds Teaching Hospitals has one of the largest Interventional Radiology departments in the UK and is a regional, national, and international center for some of the most innovative treatments available. This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to develop new clinical skills and knowledge in an exciting, cutting-edge specialty, through a structured mentoring and preceptorship program that will be tailored to your learning needs and will encourage your own development within the role. You will rotate around three sites (SJUH, LGI, and Bexley Wing) and gain insight into the specialist nursing role within Interventional Radiology.
We are very interested in hearing from you, including those of you who are students expecting to graduate in the coming months.
The department is cross-site at Leeds General Infirmary and St. James Hospital and typical working hours are Mon-Fri 08:00 to 17:00hrs.
Job responsibilities
1. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY: As an experienced practitioner, the jobholder will coordinate activities within the peri-operative environment ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support to qualified and unqualified staff within the department. He/she will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
2. ORGANISATIONAL CHART: See attached Job Description.
3. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: An understanding of the organisational structure and working practices of the organisation. Understanding of the local and national peri-operative agenda. Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies.
4. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES: Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Accountable, Empowered.
5. Infection Control: The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
6. Equality and Diversity: The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
* Teaching and assessing skills
* Understanding of research based practice
* Team player
* Ability to act professionally at all times
* Understanding of the process of change
Other Criteria
* Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
* Significant post registration Peri-operative or equivalent experience at Advanced within relevant specialty.
* Insight into clinical specialty
* Standards of professional practice
* Broad based experience
* Experience of surgical specialty.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or demonstrable teaching/assessing evidence
* Relevant documented evidence of role competencies detailed within the SPOP development plan
* Alternatively, under Annex 21, working towards (up to a maximum of 2 years) relevant competencies detailed within the SPOP development plan
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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