Do you want to make a difference and become part of our compassionate, dedicated & patient centred team?

We are looking to appoint an Orthopaedic Elderly Care Liaison Specialist Nurse at Ipswich Hospital, working mainly alongside the Needham ward team and the orthogeriatrician. You will preferably have existing knowledge and skills in trauma and orthopaedics and care of the elderly. Proven leadership experience at a Band 6 or above is desirable but you will need to be able to demonstrate that they can work as part of the MDT but also autonomously.

In return we will be committed to supporting you to develop and enhance your leadership skills, to feel confident in your role, ensuring the delivery of the ESNEFT ambitions and you will lead the delivery of the quality priorities within the Division.

You will have the opportunity in to be at the forefront of future projects, service development and improvement.

Main duties of the job

• To establish and develop skilled practice in the multidisciplinary management and nursing care of adult patients admitted with a fragility fracture.
• Continuously prioritise workload and activity of patients.
• Provide support to staff in directorate in awareness, assessment and treatment of osteoporosis, fractures and falls.
• To provide individualised cognitive assessments of elderly post-trauma patients, e.g. 4AT
• To independently perform and be responsible for the various diagnostic assessments required for this patient group.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse First Level
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in medical nursing and delivering evidence based practice
• Team / people management

Desirable

• Experience in elderly care nursing and/or trauma and orthopaedics
• Involved in change management

Personal Skills

Essential

• Excellent clinical, interpersonal, teaching and leadership skills
• Motivated
• Able to work as effective team member

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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