Job summary
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 replacements 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 candidate will need clinical orthopaedic skills and leadership skills, a knowledge of complex arthroplasty as well as wound management solutions, antibiotics, and a drive to improve the care for this group of patients. They 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 in-patient 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, whilst maintaining a professional portfolio that supports their scope of practice.
* Work autonomously in conducting clinical examination, 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.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as a £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and we are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users, and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care, and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Date posted
12 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,877 to £62,626 a year per annum INCL HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-JLM392
Job locations
Heatherwood Elective Hub, Brook Ave, Ascot, SL5 7GB
Job description Job responsibilities
Key relations will include:
* Clinical speciality staff,
* Administration assistants, service managers, general managers.
* Primary care nursing staff and general practitioners.
* Tertiary referral hospitals liaison and patients.
* Directorate management team and operational working group.
* Consultants.
Please ensure you read the Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional.
* Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking ongoing personal development and training focused on Orthopaedic adults/trauma/elective surgery advanced practice.
* Masters in advanced Practice or Masters level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include advanced clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications).
* Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification.
* Registered Non-medical prescriber with evidence of update knowledge appropriate to the patient groups prescribing for.
* Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme.
Skills Essential
* Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care protocols and audits.
* Computer Literacy including presentation skills and report writing.
* Evidence of relevant leadership in meeting clinical governance objectives.
* Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
* Ability to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
* Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenge, and change.
* Ability to work independently within sphere of competence/authority.
Personal qualities and attributes Essential
* Excellent negotiating and influencing skills.
* Ability to overcome barriers and difficult conversations.
* Ability to demonstrate resilience.
* Ability to work independently and as a team.
* Ability to lead in improvement of services and on quality standards and place them in practice.
* Ability to challenge.
Desirable
* Demonstrate the understanding of the principles of research.
* Good understanding of national and strategic context of the NHS.
* Participated or was involved with the GIRFT Programme.
* Proven track record of delivery of professional, efficient and effective services.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Heatherwood Elective Hub, Brook Ave, Ascot, SL5 7GB
Employer's website: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/
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