Job summary
The Outpatient Department is often a patients first experience of the hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. We aim to deliver first class standards of care where the patient is at the heat of every decision. We have a good team who strive to deliver our vision and values every day. The department has 25 consulting rooms with equipment specific to the various specialties we support and is in spacious, comfortable surroundings. We offer all staff the opportunity to support various specialty clinics and we have a minor procedure room where we undertake some further procedures under local anaesthetic.
The department offers both pre and post-operative appointments and a variety of other medical and general specialties.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the provision of high quality nursing care.
To act as a role model and expert
clinical practitioner
To assist in the safe, effective and
efficient management of the department withinallocated
resources
To promote a progressive attitude to the
continual improvement of patient care throughresearch and evidence based practice
To undertake delegated responsibility
for the department in the absence of the OPDSister.
About us
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To maintain confidentiality surrounding patient admission and treatment at all times.
- To ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Hospital approved documentation, in line with NMC and Hospital guidelines.
- To have knowledge of and adhere to ward and Hospital policy and professional standards. To ensure that team members do likewise.
- To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for patients.
- Ensure that each patient is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated, and that this is accurately documented.
- Participate in effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, other hospital departments, relatives and visitors.
- Ensure quality care is given, by being familiar with agreed standards of care and to inform seniors, if the required standard cannot be reached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To maintain confidentiality surrounding patient admission and treatment at all times.
- To ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Hospital approved documentation, in line with NMC and Hospital guidelines.
- To have knowledge of and adhere to ward and Hospital policy and professional standards. To ensure that team members do likewise.
- To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for patients.
- Ensure that each patient is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated, and that this is accurately documented.
- Participate in effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, other hospital departments, relatives and visitors.
- Ensure quality care is given, by being familiar with agreed standards of care and to inform seniors, if the required standard cannot be reached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing
Desirable
- Excellent clinical skills
- Excellent communicator
- Professional commitment and self-awareness
- Motivate self and others
- Sound knowledge of current issues in nursing, developments
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good interpersonal skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing
Desirable
- Excellent clinical skills
- Excellent communicator
- Professional commitment and self-awareness
- Motivate self and others
- Sound knowledge of current issues in nursing, developments
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good interpersonal skills
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
