Trauma Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

We are excited to able to offer an opportunity to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic Team at Colchester General Hospital.

We are a dynamic team that strive to deliver high standards of specialist care for Trauma and Orthopaedic patients. We have a wealth of experience in the team to support you and we will welcome your skills and experience. You will need to be a highly motivated individual, who is keen to further develop their nursing skills. You must be dynamic and enthusiastic to ensure best practice and high standards of care are maintained at all times.

You will be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating individual programmes of care for fractured neck of femur patients and other patients with musculoskeletal injuries. This post holder will also be responsible for the development and implementation of standards and protocols to ensure optimum patient pathways, improved patient outcomes and staff education both in the base ward and on outlying wards across the wider division.

You will be expected to complete the accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification within a 2 year period of appointment.

We are looking for an experienced Trauma and Orthopaedics nurse to join our trauma and orthopaedic team as a trauma nurse practitioner. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Uses specialist knowledge and skills to integrate assessment findings, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care for fractured neck of femur caseload and other elderly patients with a musculoskeletal injury, which is delegated to them during contracted hours.

Makes referrals to other professionals as necessary e.g. on-call trauma consultant/registrar, anaesthetic, care of elderly physician, physio, OT, surgical appliances.

Establishes effective working relationships with other care professionals whose role impinges on the service i.e., anaesthetic team, care of the elderly team, physio and OT, theatre team.

Demonstrates specialist knowledge and skills in the speciality and shares this with others to positively influence patient care.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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