Bank UTC Senior Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is the perfect opportunity to be part of a diverse team providing assessment, diagnostics, diagnosis, treatment, advice, and referrals.

As a Bank UTC Senior Nurse, you will be considered a key person in day-to-day clinical leadership and expertise within the department.

You will be working as part of a team within your sphere of competency in adiverse, multi-skilled teamthat includes GPs, Advanced Practitioners, Physician Associates, Paediatric ANPs, Emergency Practitioners and Live Well Coaches.

On your shift, you will be expected to act as a shift leader, coordinate the working team, stream patients from the front door and work collaboratively with a wide range of local specialists.

This is a genuine opportunity to be a part of something new and exciting in South East London, with real opportunity for personal growth and to influence Urgent Care in your area. The service is 365 days per year, 7 days a week which means that shifts are available 24/7.

- Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment

- Evidence of professional updating

- Up-to-date Basic Life Support Certification in Adult and Paediatric

- Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience

- Understanding of patient flow.

- Up to date BLS / ILS

- Up to date Safeguarding Adults and children

- A Proven ability to assess patients

- Ensure that patients with time-critical and time-sensitive illness or injury are prioritised accordingly

- Ability to demonstrate effective management and leadership skills

- Team player, able to use own initiative

- Can demonstrate the Organisational values.

- Ability to work well under pressure

- Ability to handle/manage difficult situations

- Excellent communication skills

- Be able to use tools such as NEWS scores in the assessment of patients

- Work within clinical guidelines/algorithm to support clinical decision making

Principal duties and responsibilities

- To monitor and manage the UTC patient case list.

- Effectively delegate tasks to staff on shift, providing safe and efficient care.

- Perform streaming safely and efficiently, assigning patients to the correct department and under the correct priority level.

- Provide a safe ED/UTC front door for patients and staff.

- To perform diagnostics including ECGs, bloods, and urinalysis.

- To provide reassurance to patients, families, and carers.

- Follow diagnostic and referral pathways.

- Effective communication with a range of inter-professional teams for patient referrals.

- Contribute to specific care guidelines and standards supporting the care of patients across the health economy.

- To implement Health and Safety and Risk Management appropriate to area of work

- Provide immediate life support.

Communication and Relationship Skills

- Demonstrate excellent communication skills when working with the internal team as well as external, particularly our practices and the hospital trust.

- Be able to identify and take into consideration barriers to understanding and employ appropriate methods to ensure effective communication particularly where barriers are clinical in nature.

- Provide emotional support to patients and carers

- Be aware of the procedures to follow if concerned regarding the protection of children.

- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.

- Have the ability to successfully make appropriate in hospital specialty referrals.

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

- Implement care plans as prescribed.

- Be able to discuss with patients and carers the range of possible treatment/ management options and their implications before treatment decisions are made.

- Identify clinical issues and incidents within the service that reduce the quality of care within the specialist service bringing any issues to the attention of the management team.

- Ensure that high standards of care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.

Planning and Organisational Skills

- Plan, organise and prioritise own daily workload.

- Recognise, prevent, and diffuse potential areas of conflict and where required take a key role in the management of the outcome.

- To exercise good personal time management and punctuality.

Physical Skills

- Demonstrate competence in the use of all clinical equipment used in the overall care of patients within the scope of service.

- Demonstrate competence in diagnostic skills such as ECGs and venepuncture/cannulation.

- Demonstrate clinical treatment skills such as Plaster of Paris, Suturing, Dressings, and a range of medicine administration.

- Have competent computer / keyboard skills including ability to utilise software programmes required to provide the service.

Patient/Client Care

- Establish effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.

- Ensure that appropriate action is taken to protect vulnerable patients and that they can access/receive the appropriate care.

- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.

- Promote peoples equality, diversity, and rights.

- Identify clinical issues and incidents within the service that reduce the quality of care bringing any issues to the attention of the Clinical Lead.

- The post holder is responsible for always ensuring the safety of patients and promoting a safety culture through the effective management of risk.

Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development

- Act as an ambassador and role model for Greenwich Health.

Responsibilities for Finance

- Ensure all clinical equipment used are well maintained and cleansed as required.

Responsibilities for HR

- Maintain active status on relevant professional registers.

- Act always in accordance with professional code of conduct and guiding documents, Health Care Standards.

- Maintain a professional portfolio.

- Adhere to Company Policy & Procedure.

- Attend all mandatory training relevant for the post.

Responsibility for Information Resources

- Maintain confidential and comprehensive patient records in accordance with your professional body.

- Continually monitor standards of care through benchmarking and using the tools provided.

- Participate in collection of patient satisfaction surveys for the service as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing Qualification

Desirable

• Triage/Clinical Assessment Qualification

Professional Registration

Essential

• Mandatory registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.

Desirable

• Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment
• A background in ED

Skills

Essential

• Self-Motivation
• Adaptable

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Greenwich Health Ltd

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nhs Trust

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.greenwich-health.com/ (Opens in a new tab)