Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The successful candidate will be supporting the departments sisters for all aspects of the role, including managing junior staff, delivering individual patient care, and coordinating clinics and clinic allocations. Support cross-site service in both the Orthopaedic and Fracture clinics, with your primary base being Gloucester Royal Hospital. Part of the role will be to assess complex wounds, support ongoing staff and patient education, and participate in audits to improve patient and staff experience.
Why us?
We are a busy Orthopaedic and fracture clinic; we manage a variety of orthopaedic conditions and fractures. Across both sites, we have 28 Consultants who specialize in hand, feet, shoulders, hips, spines, and knees. We are a friendly and professional team who work with a variety of other multi-disciplinary teams. We are always looking to improve our service and have conducted several audits and studies surrounding patient-centered care and patient information. We welcome new ideas, staff innovations, and provide training and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
What we're looking for:
- NMC registered
- Educated to degree level
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Registered Nurse with a minimum of one year post-registration experience desirable but not essential
- Wide variety of general nursing skills relevant to the different clinic specialties
- Strong communication skills, including negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to facilitate and support learning in practice
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Team worker and effective member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to cope under pressure
- Proactive and uses own initiative
- Able to work independently
- Excellent role model
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Bcc (British Casting Course)
- Ponseti Course
Job responsibilities
- The ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care with the multidisciplinary team
- Communicate effectively, especially where patient ability to do so is compromised
- Deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment
- Administer medication and treatment according to guidelines
- Deliver and receive information that may cause emotional distress
- Participate in mentorship and educational programs for students and team members
- Adhere to all Trust policies and professional code of conduct
- Supervise and mentor unqualified/qualified staff and students
- Input and retrieve patient information from computer systems and maintain accurate records
- Support multi-professional teams in advising patients on pre-operative and post-operative care
- Undertake specific delegated tasks following appropriate training
- Complete the British Orthopaedic Association Course (BOA)
- Complete the Ponseti Course and work with the Lead physiotherapist to gain competency in applying casts
- Demonstrate competency and confidence in applying splints, braces, and other equipment
Most Challenging Part of the Job
- Motivating and engaging colleagues to contribute to the divisional clinical governance agenda
- Working to tight deadlines
- Adapting quickly to changing priorities
- Overcoming resistance to risk management principles
- Managing difficult situations and verbal aggression
- Keeping abreast of national recommendations and ensuring compliance
Person Specification
Qualifications
- NMC registered
- Post registration development (Teaching and Assessing qualification)
- Plaster Course
- Educated at degree level
- Ponseti
Experience
- Wide variety of general nursing skills relevant to the different clinic sub-specialties
- Registered nurse with appropriate experience
- Mentoring and teaching experience
Knowledge/Skills
- Act as a role model and exemplary leader
- Promote quality improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of Orthopaedic and Trauma
- Experience working in a clinic
- Plaster Room Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for previous criminal convictions.
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