• Provide, specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient-centred care and assessment for a defined caseload of pre-assessment patients.
• To co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway, with a high level of input into the management and care of patients prior to admission for specified procedures.
• To act as a resource and to provide education for patients and health care
• Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision, working effectively within the multi-disciplinary team
• To support of all members of staff within endoscopy, including students of nursing/visiting healthcare professionals
• To suggest improvements in care provision, recognising and challenging poor practice, raising concerns to the relevant agencies where appropriate.
• Ensure that the nursing philosophy of care for Endoscopy is reflected in practice.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients attending the Endoscopy Unit working within agreed policies and procedures.
• To act as a liaison link with Specialist nurses and contribute to work involved in clinical trials - for example, data collection
• Collaborates and consults with the multi-professional health care team and the patient, communicating very sensitive, complex information.
• Uses highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to the patient .
• Whilst communicating complex, sensitive, sometimes distressing information to patient, is able to identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding
• Provides verbal and written information to patient, to enable them to give informed consent for treatment, using specialist knowledge.
• Establishes partnerships with patients/carers and communicates with them, sometimes in highly distressing or emotional circumstances
• Provides, receives, interprets and communicates complex information with a range of health care personnel
• Act as patients advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC)
• Carry out health promotion within job role utilising information leaflets and networking with other specialist healthcare staff around the Trust where necessary
• Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/action learning
• To maintain active status on the NMC register.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• Participate in the benchmarking and audit process including JAG and Global Rating Scale.
• Contribute to facilitating a learning environment for all staff within the department, including students of nursing and visitors
• Participate in departmental staff meetings, acting on and sharing information to ensure that all staff are familiar with current issues ongoing in the Trust
• To take charge of the clinical area in the absence of a more senior nurse, ensuring patient and staff safety is maintained.
• Responsibility for Health and Safety
  
  • Ensure sound knowledge of Trust protocols which includes:
  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Moving and Manual Handling
  • Fire, Health & Safety
  • Security
  • Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
  • Major Incident Plans
  • Infection Control & Management of high-risk patients
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  • Take all reasonable precautions to maintain the security of all persons within the hospital, of all equipment and confidential documentation such as, patients medical records, clinical and personal information on x-rays and x-ray request forms
  • Be aware of own health and welfare responsibilities and the health and welfare of other staff groups, including patients and visitors
  • Be responsible with the safe storage and disposal of linen
  • Ensure that competency is maintained in regard to decontamination and the cleaning of endoscopes that complies with the relevant guidelines
• Education and Training
  
  • Be committed to acquiring a body of knowledge and expertise applicable to nursing skills and the service provided within Endoscopy
  • Maintain current standards of care and identify the need for improvement in current practice.
  • Participate in audit, research and reflective practice relevant to the work area
  • Organise own statutory training in accordance with the Trust Policy and record attendance in personal portfolio
  • Support students of nursing during their placement within the endoscopy setting and act as mentor as required
  • Participate and support the regional groups in operation
  
  Initiate and/or participate in professional/benchmarking research projects
  

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Part 1. 8. 12 or 15 of register depending on area of practice) or National certification in area of Practice (minimum 1 years endoscopy experience).. (2) Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of an ongoing NMC revalidation. (2) Minimum of 3 years acute care registered nurse experience. (2)Evidence of achievement on a Nursing and Midwifery,
• Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver a high standard of care
• Good communication skills
• Able to work in a team
• Self-awareness
• Awareness of escalation process in incident reporting
• Evidence of practical experience within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of changing policies and agendas within the NHS and relevant area of practice and the ability to build and expand on current clinical skills.
• Knowledge of NMC guidelines relating to professional practice and accountability
• Specialist, experience, knowledge and skills required for particular speciality

Desirable

• Specialist, experience, knowledge and skills required for particular speciality.
• Educated to diploma/degree level.
• Involvement in change management
• Awareness of broader issues related to healthcare
• Awareness of broader issues related to healthcare
• Ability to delegate and prioritise

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Across site 1xWTE at Horton Endoscopy, 2xWTE at JR Endoscopy

John Radcliffe Oxford and also the Horton Endoscopy in Banbury

Oxford and Banbury

OX39DU

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