Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effectivepatient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies andevidence-based nursing.

The post holder will be working in the Outpatient department. Covering clinics: dermatology, urology, nephrology, colorectal, rheumatology, endocrine, breast care vascular, wound dressing and assist with outpatient biopsy clinics.

The post holder is expected to have completed the preceptorship pathway, with a minimum of 1-year experience. Willing to work flexibly, with the ability to assist the organisation in other areas when required.

The post holder will work as part of a team rotating within the same department daily.

Main duties of the job

To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager

Ability to work under pressure, using initiative

Ability to manage conflict

Ability to escalate safeguarding concerns for patients and colleagues.

Ability to assess and escalate to security and managers any safety concerns.

Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids

Supervise Healthcare Support Workers, supervise student nurses and assist with training and development.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Working with patients from a wide background with different clinical needs.
• To work as part of a team
• work in a minor operation room
• able to assess and deliver wound care
• phlebotomy skills
• bladder scanning and escalation
• assist doctors in colorectal clinics
• able to supervise and support students in their development
• clinically competent in assessing unwell patients and escalation

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing
• Current NMC registered
• Practice Supervisor

Desirable

• Degree level Practice Assessor

Experience

Essential

• oMinimum of 1 year post-registration experience
• oCompletion of preceptorship
• oExcellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• oTeam working/delegating
• oAble to anticipate and forward plan
• oAble to work in a minor operating room in an OPD setting(dermatology)

Desirable

• Some knowledge of skin biopsy, and managing surgical equipment.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• oEffective verbal and written communication skills
• oAbility to work as part of a team, problem-solving day-to-day problems
• oAbility to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge, auditing, and research
• oAbility to demonstrate the application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
• oEvidence-based knowledge of essential methods of care
• oUnderstanding of the care needs of an individual
• oKnowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
• oKnowledge of the individual's responsibility towards health and & safety
• oAble to identify Infection Control issues and escalate appropriately oComputer literate

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital,

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

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