Job summary
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effectivepatient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies andevidence-based nursing.
The post holder will be working in the Outpatient department. Covering clinics: dermatology, urology, nephrology, colorectal, rheumatology, endocrine, breast care vascular, wound dressing and assist with outpatient biopsy clinics.
The post holder is expected to have completed the preceptorship pathway, with a minimum of 1-year experience. Willing to work flexibly, with the ability to assist the organisation in other areas when required.
The post holder will work as part of a team rotating within the same department daily.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager
Ability to work under pressure, using initiative
Ability to manage conflict
Ability to escalate safeguarding concerns for patients and colleagues.
Ability to assess and escalate to security and managers any safety concerns.
Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
Supervise Healthcare Support Workers, supervise student nurses and assist with training and development.
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working with patients from a wide background with different clinical needs.
- To work as part of a team
- work in a minor operation room
- able to assess and deliver wound care
- phlebotomy skills
- bladder scanning and escalation
- assist doctors in colorectal clinics
- able to supervise and support students in their development
- clinically competent in assessing unwell patients and escalation
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working with patients from a wide background with different clinical needs.
- To work as part of a team
- work in a minor operation room
- able to assess and deliver wound care
- phlebotomy skills
- bladder scanning and escalation
- assist doctors in colorectal clinics
- able to supervise and support students in their development
- clinically competent in assessing unwell patients and escalation
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing
- Current NMC registered
- Practice Supervisor
Desirable
- Degree level Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
- oMinimum of 1 year post-registration experience
- oCompletion of preceptorship
- oExcellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
- oTeam working/delegating
- oAble to anticipate and forward plan
- oAble to work in a minor operating room in an OPD setting(dermatology)
Desirable
- Some knowledge of skin biopsy, and managing surgical equipment.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oEffective verbal and written communication skills
- oAbility to work as part of a team, problem-solving day-to-day problems
- oAbility to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge, auditing, and research
- oAbility to demonstrate the application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
- oEvidence-based knowledge of essential methods of care
- oUnderstanding of the care needs of an individual
- oKnowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
- oKnowledge of the individual's responsibility towards health and & safety
- oAble to identify Infection Control issues and escalate appropriately oComputer literate
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing
- Current NMC registered
- Practice Supervisor
Desirable
- Degree level Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
- oMinimum of 1 year post-registration experience
- oCompletion of preceptorship
- oExcellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
- oTeam working/delegating
- oAble to anticipate and forward plan
- oAble to work in a minor operating room in an OPD setting(dermatology)
Desirable
- Some knowledge of skin biopsy, and managing surgical equipment.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oEffective verbal and written communication skills
- oAbility to work as part of a team, problem-solving day-to-day problems
- oAbility to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge, auditing, and research
- oAbility to demonstrate the application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
- oEvidence-based knowledge of essential methods of care
- oUnderstanding of the care needs of an individual
- oKnowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
- oKnowledge of the individual's responsibility towards health and & safety
- oAble to identify Infection Control issues and escalate appropriately oComputer literate
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).
