Registered Nurse, Band 5- OMF OPD (27 hours a week)

This post is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team and support the speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care. This is a fixed term position for 2 years.

This is an opportunity for you to develop and expand your skills as a Registered Nurse within Oral surgery, Head and Neck Cancers and Maxillofacial surgery.

A visit to the department is highly recommended in order to discuss the job role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a Registered Nurse interested in developing the service to our patients. We are seeking a highly motivated , enthusiastic and compassionate nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to help us deliver outstanding treatment and care to our patients.

You will be responsible for setting up and closing/cleaning down of you surgery and maintaining stock levels. Assisting clinician in clinics within our specialty. Once you feel confident and competent you will run a Nurse-led dressing clinic, providing holistic care to patient that have under gone surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. We are looking for someone who is a team player and will fit into our very busy friendly team.

The applicant needs Active Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional CPD.

About us

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the main responsibilities of this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Ability to communicate with all disciplines across the Trust

Desirable

• Bronze QI
• Experience in mentoring and supporting others

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to assess patient condition and implement appropriate care, within the multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of link nurse responsibility /specific team involvement.

Desirable

• Experience of working in an acute clinical environment
• Experience in Wound Management with complex wound dressings.
• Previous experience in Oral, Maxillofacial speciality

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and professional code of conduct.
• To administer medication and treatment within Procedure for the Ordering, Prescribing and Administration of Medication Guidelines

Desirable

• Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems including the use of electronic patient record, Trakcare, email, and PACS.
• To be responsible for the organisation of own caseload and appropriately delegate to support workers or other staff members in order to ensure effective time management. To assist the team in the day to day running of the clinical area.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

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318-24-SUR-R12784-A