Job summary
The Trauma and Orthopaedic clinic sees patients that have fractures, soft tissue injuries , and chronic Orthopaedic problems. It is a busy clinic seeing 600 patients per week covering all patients ages. We run a variety of specialist clinics such as soft tissue knee clinics , baby hip screening clinics, hip and knee clinics , children's orthopaedic clinics etc.
We also run a globally recognised Bine reconstruction clinic.
Main duties of the job
Working in the Clinics with the medical staff chaperoning the patients, acting as patient advocate, completing requests for treatment and facilitating the smooth running of the clinic to ensure the patient has a high quality consultation.
Applying splinting and casting treatments for the patients to a high standard with the correct knowledge to give the patient good advice.
Applying basic dressings and performing venepuncture within the clinic setting.
Removing casts in a safe timely manner.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge and Skills
1. Communication and Relationship Skills
- Supports patients and their families, through communicating information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding and reporting the outcome to the nurse in charge.
- Contributes to the effective communication between members of the multi disciplinary team, taking personal responsibility to share update and share information
- Ensures information is conveyed to the patient in a timely and understandable manner, using different communication methods to clarify understanding
- Responsible for ensuring the registered nurse receives factual, prompt and accurate information on how patients progress
2. Knowledge, Training and Experience
- Uses knowledge and experience to deliver routine tasks as agreed with the registered nurse or other professional.
- Uses knowledge and experience to follow agreed policy and procedure
- Undertakes a range of predefined procedures, for which specific training has been given under the direction of the registered nurse or other professional.
Provides advice to patients and their families on hospital procedures, and information about facilities available during their stay in hospital
Gains the required knowledge through training to remove and apply plaster casts and splints and perform venepuncture.
3. Analytical Skills
- Records baseline observations including temperature, pulse and respirations and reports finding to the registered nurse
- Follows written and verbal instruction to deliver treatment plans devised by the registered nurse or other professional.
4. Planning and Organisational Skills
- Responsible for delivering a delegated workload against the needs of patients and service requirements
- Reports any changes or concerns about the patients well-being to the registered nurse
5. Physical Skills
- Uses medical equipment, to monitor and record baseline observations
- Practices safe moving and handling procedures when assisting patients with mobility
- Assists patients in a variety of procedures, including hygiene, eating and drinks and toileting.
- Uses various splinting material to apply plaster casts as requested by other professionals.
- Applies other more complicated casts supervised by qualified nurse who has completed in house cast training or has BOA plaster technician qualification.
- Applies various splints/appliances using different materials as directed by other professionals.
- Following required training obtains blood samples from patients for pathology analysis.
Responsibilities
6. Responsibilities for Patient/Client Care
- Responsible for providing direct care to the defined group of patients under the direction of the registered nurse or other professional.
- Assists patients to undertake normal activities of daily living
- Follows care plans developed by the registered nurse or other professional.
7. Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development
- Contributes and comments on policies and procedures affecting the ward or department
- Follows policy and guidelines informing members of the multi professional team of any changes
8. Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources
- Uses specialist equipment to assist in the monitoring and diagnosis of patients, following a period training.
- Is proficient in the use of specialist equipment as an aid to diagnosis
- Responsible for the cleaning of clinical equipment
9. Responsibilities for Staff/HR/Leadership/Training
- Supports new members of staff during their induction
- Explains and demonstrates to other team members a range of learnt procedures, assisting them to develop skills
10. Responsibilities for Information Resources
- Responsible for providing accurate and timely records on patient care and performance using paper and IT based systems, in accordance with trust policy
11. Responsibilities for Research and Development
- Assists in audits, and research-based studies to evaluate the effectiveness of care interventions.
- Assist patients to complete satisfaction surveys
12. Freedom to Act
- Works under the direction of a registered nurse, to deliver a range of pre determined care procedures
- The post holder is required to undertake a range of routine procedures for the ward and department, without the need to refer to the trained nurse
Effort and Environment
13. Physical Effort
- The post holder will have direct patient contact, delivering direct care in a variety of hospital settings in accordance with the need of patients. In particular dealing with intimate procedures
14. Mental Effort
- The post holder is required to be adaptable, to the changing clinical priorities, which will including responding to emergency procedures
15. Emotional Effort
- The post holder assists patients, through a range of treatments and experiences. Many of which can be highly distressing.
16. Working Conditions
- The post holder will work in a hospital ward or department, handling soiled linen, disposing of bodily fluids and following infection control procedures
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge and Skills
1. Communication and Relationship Skills
- Supports patients and their families, through communicating information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding and reporting the outcome to the nurse in charge.
- Contributes to the effective communication between members of the multi disciplinary team, taking personal responsibility to share update and share information
- Ensures information is conveyed to the patient in a timely and understandable manner, using different communication methods to clarify understanding
- Responsible for ensuring the registered nurse receives factual, prompt and accurate information on how patients progress
2. Knowledge, Training and Experience
- Uses knowledge and experience to deliver routine tasks as agreed with the registered nurse or other professional.
- Uses knowledge and experience to follow agreed policy and procedure
- Undertakes a range of predefined procedures, for which specific training has been given under the direction of the registered nurse or other professional.
Provides advice to patients and their families on hospital procedures, and information about facilities available during their stay in hospital
Gains the required knowledge through training to remove and apply plaster casts and splints and perform venepuncture.
3. Analytical Skills
- Records baseline observations including temperature, pulse and respirations and reports finding to the registered nurse
- Follows written and verbal instruction to deliver treatment plans devised by the registered nurse or other professional.
4. Planning and Organisational Skills
- Responsible for delivering a delegated workload against the needs of patients and service requirements
- Reports any changes or concerns about the patients well-being to the registered nurse
5. Physical Skills
- Uses medical equipment, to monitor and record baseline observations
- Practices safe moving and handling procedures when assisting patients with mobility
- Assists patients in a variety of procedures, including hygiene, eating and drinks and toileting.
- Uses various splinting material to apply plaster casts as requested by other professionals.
- Applies other more complicated casts supervised by qualified nurse who has completed in house cast training or has BOA plaster technician qualification.
- Applies various splints/appliances using different materials as directed by other professionals.
- Following required training obtains blood samples from patients for pathology analysis.
Responsibilities
6. Responsibilities for Patient/Client Care
- Responsible for providing direct care to the defined group of patients under the direction of the registered nurse or other professional.
- Assists patients to undertake normal activities of daily living
- Follows care plans developed by the registered nurse or other professional.
7. Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development
- Contributes and comments on policies and procedures affecting the ward or department
- Follows policy and guidelines informing members of the multi professional team of any changes
8. Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources
- Uses specialist equipment to assist in the monitoring and diagnosis of patients, following a period training.
- Is proficient in the use of specialist equipment as an aid to diagnosis
- Responsible for the cleaning of clinical equipment
9. Responsibilities for Staff/HR/Leadership/Training
- Supports new members of staff during their induction
- Explains and demonstrates to other team members a range of learnt procedures, assisting them to develop skills
10. Responsibilities for Information Resources
- Responsible for providing accurate and timely records on patient care and performance using paper and IT based systems, in accordance with trust policy
11. Responsibilities for Research and Development
- Assists in audits, and research-based studies to evaluate the effectiveness of care interventions.
- Assist patients to complete satisfaction surveys
12. Freedom to Act
- Works under the direction of a registered nurse, to deliver a range of pre determined care procedures
- The post holder is required to undertake a range of routine procedures for the ward and department, without the need to refer to the trained nurse
Effort and Environment
13. Physical Effort
- The post holder will have direct patient contact, delivering direct care in a variety of hospital settings in accordance with the need of patients. In particular dealing with intimate procedures
14. Mental Effort
- The post holder is required to be adaptable, to the changing clinical priorities, which will including responding to emergency procedures
15. Emotional Effort
- The post holder assists patients, through a range of treatments and experiences. Many of which can be highly distressing.
16. Working Conditions
- The post holder will work in a hospital ward or department, handling soiled linen, disposing of bodily fluids and following infection control procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Boa or plaster tech qualification
Experience
Essential
- Caring experience of 1 year
Desirable
- experience of splinting , casting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Boa or plaster tech qualification
Experience
Essential
- Caring experience of 1 year
Desirable
- experience of splinting , casting
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
