Job summary
Shape the Future of Specialist
Nursing
Are you a
passionate, skilled nurse who is ready to take your career to the next level? Do
you thrive in a fast paced, innovative environment where no two days are the
same? If so, this is your opportunity to become a key clinical leader within
our Plastics
and Cosmetic Surgery service.
Were
looking for a Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) who wants to make
an impact, someone who brings expertise, energy, and compassion to every
patient interaction. You will be at the heart of transforming patient experiences
from consultation to surgery and beyond.
Main duties of the job
Deliver Exceptional Specialist Care
- Lead the way in providing safe, evidencebased care for plastics and cosmetic surgery patients.
- Make clinical decisions with confidence, supported by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
- Guide patients and their families throughout their journey from first appointment to final discharge.
Become Our Wound Care Champion-
Provide expert wound care & tissue viability support.
- Run engaging outpatient woundcare clinics and collaborate with leading external specialists.
Be a Clinical Leader
- Ensure safe, efficient patient flow and highquality service delivery every day.
- Help shape the service by contributing to performance metrics, business planning, and quality improvement.
Drive Innovation
- Design and deliver audits, training, education, and research projects.
- Present your findings and lead action plans that make a real difference.
- Play an active role in multidisciplinary team meetings
Keep Our Patients Safe Always
- Maintain clinical areas and equipment to the highest standards.
- Provide expert advice to colleagues and, when needed, outofhours support to ensure urgent care needs are met.
About us
At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything
we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to our
ultra-modernprivate hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as
Outstanding by the CQC.We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have a
beautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.
Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and
facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance.
We are committed to professional development and have excellent training
and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone7.0 at
Benenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for the
future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose: Within the service(s), the Senior
Staff Nurse (SSN) will be a leading member of the team, working within their
scope of practice at all times under the direction of the
Outpatient Manager and Consultant Surgeon(s) to provide expert care and support
to patients undergoing outpatient and inpatient consultations and surgery.
The post holder will:
Be a positive role model for the service and to staff,
and will be a patient advocate, ensuring a positive patient experience.
Provide sound knowledge and support, including planning and delivering patient
care and supporting treatment and aftercare as required by the role.
Work within a governance framework and adhere to national/local regulatory
requirements and clinical and professional standards.
Under the supervision of the Outpatient Manager, will be responsible for supporting
the development of the service, ensuring effective utilisation of all
associated resources, providing efficient & effective day-to-day
operational management & coordination of the service, allocating resources
appropriately.
Be responsible for ensuring the Plastics/Cosmetics care & treatment areas
and associated equipment is safe, always fit for purpose and effectively
maintained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose: Within the service(s), the Senior
Staff Nurse (SSN) will be a leading member of the team, working within their
scope of practice at all times under the direction of the
Outpatient Manager and Consultant Surgeon(s) to provide expert care and support
to patients undergoing outpatient and inpatient consultations and surgery.
The post holder will:
Be a positive role model for the service and to staff,
and will be a patient advocate, ensuring a positive patient experience.
Provide sound knowledge and support, including planning and delivering patient
care and supporting treatment and aftercare as required by the role.
Work within a governance framework and adhere to national/local regulatory
requirements and clinical and professional standards.
Under the supervision of the Outpatient Manager, will be responsible for supporting
the development of the service, ensuring effective utilisation of all
associated resources, providing efficient & effective day-to-day
operational management & coordination of the service, allocating resources
appropriately.
Be responsible for ensuring the Plastics/Cosmetics care & treatment areas
and associated equipment is safe, always fit for purpose and effectively
maintained.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse with supporting evidence of CPD and Revalidation.
- Healthcare degree or equivalent.
- Enhanced knowledge and experience of working within surgical nursing environment.
- Evidence of enhanced knowledge of wound care/tissue viability.
- Preoperative Assessment experience or willingness to undertake training.
- Phlebotomy/ECG skills.
- ILS training.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Proven ability to undertake multiple tasks under pressure.
- Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills, with a can-do attitude.
- Methodical & pays attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong patient centred approach.
- Sound computer skills e.g. Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics.
- Ability to work effectively within a team as well as be able to work autonomously.
- Experience of Audit or willingness to undertake learning.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse with supporting evidence of CPD and Revalidation.
- Healthcare degree or equivalent.
- Enhanced knowledge and experience of working within surgical nursing environment.
- Evidence of enhanced knowledge of wound care/tissue viability.
- Preoperative Assessment experience or willingness to undertake training.
- Phlebotomy/ECG skills.
- ILS training.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Proven ability to undertake multiple tasks under pressure.
- Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills, with a can-do attitude.
- Methodical & pays attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong patient centred approach.
- Sound computer skills e.g. Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics.
- Ability to work effectively within a team as well as be able to work autonomously.
- Experience of Audit or willingness to undertake learning.
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).
